Multistage Zeeman deceleration of hydrogen atoms

Journal Article · Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.75.031402· OSTI ID:20982220

Vanhaecke, Nicolas ^[1]; Meier, Urban; Andrist, Markus; Meier, Beat H; Merkt, Frederic ^[1]

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1. Physical Chemistry, ETH Zuerich, CH-8093 Zuerich (Switzerland)

The deceleration of beams of neutral particles possessing an electron spin with time-dependent inhomogeneous magnetic fields is demonstrated experimentally. Half the kinetic energy of a velocity-selected part of a pulsed supersonic beam of hydrogen atoms in the ground state is removed using six pulsed magnetic field stages.

• OSTI ID: 20982220
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 75, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.031402; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ACCELERATION
ATOMIC BEAMS
ATOMS
ELECTRONS
GROUND STATES
HYDROGEN
KINETIC ENERGY
MAGNETIC FIELDS
NEUTRAL PARTICLES
SPIN
TIME DEPENDENCE
ZEEMAN EFFECT