Next Generation Trap for Positron Storage
- Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 (United States)
Progress toward the development of a novel multicell Penning-Malmberg trap is described that will be capable of accumulating orders of magnitude more positrons than is possible presently. This design represents the next major step in antimatter storage technology. Experiments with test electron plasmas establishing techniques critical to the implementation of a practical multicell trap are presented. The latest design for a 21 cell trap capable of accumulating and storing more than 5x10{sup 11} positrons is described. This trap could facilitate multiplexing the output of the new generation of positron sources either operating now or currently under development, as well as the potential to provide record-high bursts of positrons for a variety of applications.
- OSTI ID:
- 21300441
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1114, Issue 1; Conference: Non-neutral plasma physics VII: Workshop on non-neutral plasmas 2008, New York, NY (United States), 16-20 Jun 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3122284; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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