Storage rings for spin-polarized hydrogen

Journal Article · Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.6.002227· OSTI ID:5250117

Thompson, D; Lovelace, R V.E.; Lee, D ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Clark Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14953. (US)

A strong-focusing storage ring is proposed for the long-term magnetic confinement of a collisional gas of neutral spin-polarized hydrogen atoms in the Za{l arrow} and Zb{l arrow} hyperfine states. The trap uses the interaction of the magnetic moments of the gas atoms with a static magnetic field. Laser cooling and evaporative cooling can be utilized to enhance the confinement and to offset the influence of viscous heating. An important application of the trap is to the attainment of Bose--Einstein condensation.

• OSTI ID: 5250117
• Journal Information: Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics; (USA), Vol. 6:11; ISSN 0740-3224
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
HYDROGEN
TRAPPING
STORAGE RINGS
DESIGN
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION
CONFINEMENT
COOLING
LASER RADIATION
MAGNETIC FIELDS
SPIN ORIENTATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
NONMETALS
ORIENTATION
RADIATIONS
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