Evaporative cooling of highly charged dysprosium ions in an enhanced electron-beam ion trap

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B. M. Penetrante · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

J. N. Bardsley · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Morton A. Levine · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

D. A. Knapp · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

R. E. Marrs · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Abstract

The mechanism of evaporative cooling of highly charged ions in an electron-beam ion trap (EBIT) is discussed. Computer simulations of evaporative cooling in superEBIT indicate that with the use of neon, nitrogen, or helium coolants, significant amounts of bare and hydrogenlike dysprosium ions can be trapped indefinitely for the observation of bound-state \ensuremath{\beta} decay.

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Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics Nuclear physics research studies

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Published in: Physical Review A

Volume 43, Issue 9, pp. 4873-4882

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.43.4873

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Evaporative cooling of highly charged dysprosium ions in an enhanced electron-beam ion trap

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