Charged Particle Traps Physics and Techniques of Charged Particle Field Confinement /

• Main Authors: Major, Fouad G. (Author), Gheorghe, Viorica N. (Author), Werth, Günther (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, 37
• Subjects: Physics.; Mechanics.; Nuclear physics.; Atoms.; Matter.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Nuclear engineering.; Nuclear Engineering.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Plasma Physics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.
• Physical Description: XII, 356 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540265764
• ISSN: 1615-5653 ;

This book provides an introduction and guide to modern advances in charged particle (and antiparticle) confinement by electromagnetic fields. Confinement in different trap geometries, the influence of trap imperfections, classical and quantum mechanical description of the trapped particle motion, different methods of ion cooling to low temperatures, and non-neutral plasma properties (including Coulomb crystals) are the main subjects. They form the basis of such applications of charged particle traps as high-resolution optical and microwave spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, atomic clocks, and, potentially, quantum computing.