Analysis of time-dependent effects when operating nested-well plasma traps for achieving antihydrogen recombination

Journal Article · Fri Dec 10 00:00:00 EST 1999 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1302103· OSTI ID:21210393

Yongbin, Chang; Dolliver, D D; Ordonez, C A ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203 (United States)

In the work reported, time-dependent effects are considered which affect the prospect of getting two oppositely signed plasmas to overlap the same region while trapped within a solenoidal magnetic field. Parameters that are relevant to future experimental attempts at producing cold antihydrogen atoms using nested-well plasma traps are considered. It is found that the timescale over which an overlap remains, without changing the electrode voltages, can be much larger than the timescale over which the overlap plasma recombines. Hence, it does not appear necessary to use time-dependent electrode voltages to maintain the overlap while antihydrogen atoms are being produced.

• OSTI ID: 21210393
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 498, Issue 1; Conference: Workshop on non-neutral plasma physics III, Princeton, NJ (United States), 2-5 Aug 1999; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1302103; (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ANTIPROTON BEAMS
ANTIPROTON SOURCES
BEAM COOLING
COLD PLASMA
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
ELECTRODES
HADRONIC ATOMS
MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT
MAGNETIC FIELDS
POSITRON BEAMS
POSITRONS
RECOMBINATION
RELAXATION
TIME DEPENDENCE
TRAPPING
TRAPS