Electrodynamic trap for neutral polar particles

Journal Article · Fri Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.83.045402· OSTI ID:21544733

Bluemel, R ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459-0155 (United States)

A superposition of inhomogeneous static and rapidly oscillating electric fields is capable of trapping neutral particles with a permanent electric dipole moment. Detailed numerical simulations prove the validity and stability of our trapping scheme. Thin rods of barium titanate (BaTiO{sub 3}) are presented as an example for trapping on the macroscale. HC{sub 17}N, a polar molecule of astrophysical significance, is presented as an example for trapping on the microscale. For HC{sub 17}N and the parameters chosen, the depth of the trap is 40 mK.

• OSTI ID: 21544733
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 83, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.045402; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ASTROPHYSICS
BARIUM COMPOUNDS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
MOLECULES
NEUTRAL PARTICLES
RODS
STABILITY
TITANATES
TRAPPING
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
DIPOLE MOMENTS
ELECTRIC MOMENTS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICS
SIMULATION
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS