Centrifugal separation and equilibration dynamics in an electron-antiproton plasma

Charges in cold, multiple-species, non-neutral plasmas separate radially by mass, forming centrifugally-separated states. Here, we report the first detailed measurements of such states in an electron-antiproton plasma, and the first observations of the separation dynamics in any centrifugally-separa...

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Autores principales: Andresen, G.B., Ashkezari, M.D., Baquero-Ruiz, M., Bertsche, W., Bowe, P.D., Butler, E., Cesar, C.L., Chapman, S., Charlton, M., Deller, A., Eriksson, S., Fajans, J., Friesen, T., Fujiwara, M.C., Gill, D.R., Gutierrez, A., Hangst, J.S., Hardy, W.N., Hayden, M.E., Humphries, A.J., Hydomako, R., Jonsell, S., Madsen, N., Menary, S., Nolan, P., Olin, A., Povilus, A., Pusa, P., Robicheaux, F., Sarid, E., Silveira, D.M., So, C., Storey, J.W., Thompson, R.I., van der Werf, D.P., Wurtele, J.S., Yamazaki, Y.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2011
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Other Fields of Physics
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.145001
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1347053
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Sumario:Charges in cold, multiple-species, non-neutral plasmas separate radially by mass, forming centrifugally-separated states. Here, we report the first detailed measurements of such states in an electron-antiproton plasma, and the first observations of the separation dynamics in any centrifugally-separated system. While the observed equilibrium states are expected and in agreement with theory, the equilibration time is approximately constant over a wide range of parameters, a surprising and as yet unexplained result. Electron-antiproton plasmas play a crucial role in antihydrogen trapping experiments.

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