DYNAMICAL STABILIZATION IN AN ATOMIC PAUL TRAP

Authors
VONOPPEN G
Citation
G. Vonoppen, DYNAMICAL STABILIZATION IN AN ATOMIC PAUL TRAP, Europhysics letters, 27(4), 1994, pp. 279-284
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
27
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
279 - 284
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1994)27:4<279:DSIAAP>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Owing to the rotation of the two-centre Coulomb potential during ion-a tom collisions, electrons can be stabilized on the saddle of the poten tial and promoted to excited levels. The results of recent experiments on ion impact excitation of He atoms at intermediate energies are exp lained by this Paul-trap mechanism.