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Stopping Supersonic Beams with a Series of Pulsed Electromagnetic Coils: An Atomic Coilgun

Edvardas Narevicius, Adam Libson, Christian G. Parthey, Isaac Chavez, Julia Narevicius, Uzi Even, and Mark G. Raizen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 093003 – Published 6 March 2008
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Abstract

We report the stopping of an atomic beam, using a series of pulsed electromagnetic coils. We use a supersonic beam of metastable neon created in a gas discharge as a monochromatic source of paramagnetic atoms. A series of coils is fired in a timed sequence to bring the atoms to near rest, where they are detected on a microchannel plate. Applications to fundamental problems in physics and chemistry are discussed.

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  • Received 27 December 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.093003

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Edvardas Narevicius1, Adam Libson1, Christian G. Parthey1, Isaac Chavez1, Julia Narevicius1, Uzi Even2, and Mark G. Raizen1,*

  • 1Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1081, USA
  • 2Sackler School of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

  • *raizen@physics.utexas.edu

See Also

Single-Photon Atomic Cooling

Gabriel N. Price, S. Travis Bannerman, Kirsten Viering, Edvardas Narevicius, and Mark G. Raizen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 093004 (2008)

Stopping and Freezing a Bullet

Michael Schirber
Phys. Rev. Focus 21, 9 (2008)

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Vol. 100, Iss. 9 — 7 March 2008

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