Session V1: Hot Topics

10:30 AM–12:54 PM, Saturday, May 31, 2008
Nittany Lion Inn - Ballroom CDE

Chair: Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona

Abstract ID: BAPS.2008.DAMOP.V1.3

Abstract: V1.00003 : Stopping supersonic beams with atomic and molecular coilguns

11:42 AM–12:18 PM

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Author:

  Edvardas Narevicius
    (University of Texas at Austin)

We report a method that enables the stopping and trapping of any paramagnetic atom or molecule using a series of pulsed electromagnetic coils. Results of stopping metastable neon and molecular oxygen with a 64 stage coilgun will be presented and applications to fundamental problems in physics and chemistry discussed.

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