Effects of extreme magnetic quadrupole fields on penning traps and the consequences for antihydrogen trapping

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Fajans, J [1 ]
Bertsche, W
Burke, K
Chapman, SF
van der Werf, DP
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[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] Univ Coll Swansea, Dept Phys, Swansea SA2 8PP, W Glam, Wales
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.155001
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O4 [物理学];
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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.
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