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Experiments with highly-ionized atoms in unitary Penning traps

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Author(s)

Shannon Hoogerheide, Aung Naing, Joan M. Dreiling, Samuel M. Brewer, Nicholas D. Guise, Joseph N. Tan

Abstract

Highly-ionized atoms with special properties have been proposed for interesting applications, including potential candidates for a new generation of optical atomic-clocks at the 1 part in 1019 level of precision, quantum-information processing, and tests of fundamental theory. The proposed atomic systems are largely unexplored. Recent developments at NIST are described, including the isolation of highly ionized atoms at low energy in unitary Penning traps, and experiments to study electron capture and radiative decay.
Citation
Atoms
Volume
3

Keywords

Atomic Physics, Ion trapping

Citation

Hoogerheide, S. , Naing, A. , Dreiling, J. , Brewer, S. , Guise, N. and Tan, J. (2015), Experiments with highly-ionized atoms in unitary Penning traps, Atoms, [online], https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms3030367 (Accessed December 5, 2024)

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Created August 14, 2015, Updated July 18, 2023