Greifswald 2009 – scientific programme
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P: Fachverband Plasmaphysik
P 19: Poster: Sonstiges
P 19.1: Poster
Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 17:30–19:30, Foyer des IfP
Investigation of Space-Charge Phenomena in Gas-Filled Penning Trap — •Martin Breitenfeldt1, Sven Sturm2, Klaus Blaum3, Alexander Herlert4, and Lutz Schweikhard1 — 1Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Germany — 2Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany — 3MPI für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany — 4CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
The centering of ions in Penning traps by a quadrupolar radiofrequency excitation in the presence of a buffer gas has been studied in the regime of high charge densities. It is found to deviate significantly from the single-particle situation. In particular, the efficiency of the cooling process is affected as well as the resolving power. The behavior has been studied experimentally at the preparation Penning trap of the ISOLTRAP setup located at the on-line mass separator ISOLDE at CERN. In addition, the phenomenon has been investigated numerically by a custom-designed simulation.