Radial Compression of an Antiproton Cloud for Production of Intense Antiproton Beams
- 19 May 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 100 (20), 203402
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.100.203402
Abstract
We report here the radial compression of a large number of antiprotons () in a strong magnetic field under ultrahigh vacuum conditions by applying a rotating electric field. Compression without any resonant structures was demonstrated for a range of frequencies from the sideband frequency of 200 kHz to more than 1000 kHz. The radial compression achieved is a key technique for synthesizing and manipulating antihydrogen atoms and antiprotonic atoms.
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