LASER COOLING OF NEUTRAL ARGON FOR SIMULATING THE STORAGE OF ANTIMATTER

Authors
SATORI S KUNINAKA H KURIKI K
Citation
S. Satori et al., LASER COOLING OF NEUTRAL ARGON FOR SIMULATING THE STORAGE OF ANTIMATTER, Journal of propulsion and power, 12(5), 1996, pp. 918-925
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Aerospace Engineering & Tecnology
Journal title
Journal of propulsion and power → ACNP
ISSN journal
07484658
Volume
12
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
918 - 925
Database
ISI
SICI code
0748-4658(1996)12:5<918:LCONAF>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The storage of antimatter in an electrically neutral state is one of t he breakthroughs required to realize antimatter applications. In this work, use of laser cooling to manipulate the motion of neutral atoms b y radiative pressure was demonstrated using a commercial laser diode a nd metastable argon as antimatter simulant. The concept of critical ve locity was introduced as a criterion for the laser cooling and its imp ortance was experimentally demonstrated.