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This book provides an introduction to the field of Penning traps and related experimental techniques. It serves both as a primer for those entering the field, and as a quick reference for those working in it. The book is motivated by the observation that often a vast number of different resources have to be explored to gain a good overview of Penning trap principles. This is especially true for students who experience additional difficulty due to the different styles of presentation and notation. This volume provides a broad introductory overview in unified notation.
List of contents
A Bit of History and Context.- Penning Trap Concept and Implementation.- Hyperbolic and Cylindrical Penning Traps.- Variations on the Penning Trap Concept.- Motion of a Single Particle in an Idealised Trap.- Motion of a Single Particle in a Real Penning Trap.- Inherent Effects of Single-Particle Confinement.- Particle Ensembles in Penning Traps.- Loading a Trap with Particles.- Excitation of Particle Motions.- Resonant Motional Coupling.- Motional Cooling in Penning Traps.- Particle Ensemble Density: Rotating Wall.- The Concept of Image Charges.- Electronic Detection and Frequency Measurement.- Radio-Frequency Spectroscopy: Penning-Trap Mass Spectroscopy.- Radio-Frequency Spectroscopy: Outreach.- Optical Spectroscopy.- Laser-Microwave Double-Resonance Spectroscopy.- Magnetic Bottles as Implemented in Penning Traps.- Application of the Continuous Stern Gerlach Effect.- A: Penning Trap Confinement: The Brief Version.- B: Magnetic Field Creation and Control.- C: Equivalence of Results for Magnetic Bottle Strength.- D: Cryogenics.- E: Collisional Effects in Penning Traps.- F: General Design Considerations.- G: A More Detailed Look at the Potential.- H: A Special Case of Mediated Cooling.
About the author
The author received his PhD in physics from the University of Mainz in 2001, working with Lutz Schweikhard on molecular ions confined in a Penning trap. He then joined the group of Günter Werth and worked on precision measurements of the bound electron's magnetic moment in Penning traps. He extended this work as a research associate at Imperial College London in the group of Richard Thompson, and later joined Penning trap projects for precision spectroscopy at the GSI Helmholtz-Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
Summary
This book provides an introduction to the field of Penning traps and related experimental techniques. It serves both as a primer for those entering the field, and as a quick reference for those working in it. The book is motivated by the observation that often a vast number of different resources have to be explored to gain a good overview of Penning trap principles. This is especially true for students who experience additional difficulty due to the different styles of presentation and notation. This volume provides a broad introductory overview in unified notation.
