| Literature DB >> 16241731 |
J Fajans1, W Bertsche, K Burke, S F Chapman, D P van der Werf.
Abstract
Measurements on electrons confined in a Penning trap show that extreme quadrupole fields destroy particle confinement. Much of the particle loss comes from the hitherto unrecognized ballistic transport of particles directly into the wall. The measurements scale to the parameter regime used by ATHENA and ATRAP to create antihydrogen, and suggest that quadrupoles cannot be used to trap antihydrogen.Entities:
Year: 2005 PMID: 16241731 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.155001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161