TY - JOUR
T1 - An atomic coilgun
T2 - Using pulsed magnetic fields to slow a supersonic beam
AU - Narevicius, E.
AU - Parthey, C. G.
AU - Libson, A.
AU - Narevicius, J.
AU - Chavez, I.
AU - Even, U.
AU - Raizen, M. G.
PY - 2007/10/3
Y1 - 2007/10/3
N2 - We report the experimental demonstration of a novel method to slow atoms and molecules with permanent magnetic moments using pulsed magnetic fields. In our experiments, we observe the slowing of a supersonic beam of metastable neon from 461.0 ± 7.7 to 403 ± 16 m s-1 in 18 stages, where the slowed peak is clearly separated from the initial distribution. This method has broad applications as it may easily be generalized, using seeding and entrainment into supersonic beams, to all paramagnetic atoms and molecules.
AB - We report the experimental demonstration of a novel method to slow atoms and molecules with permanent magnetic moments using pulsed magnetic fields. In our experiments, we observe the slowing of a supersonic beam of metastable neon from 461.0 ± 7.7 to 403 ± 16 m s-1 in 18 stages, where the slowed peak is clearly separated from the initial distribution. This method has broad applications as it may easily be generalized, using seeding and entrainment into supersonic beams, to all paramagnetic atoms and molecules.
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U2 - 10.1088/1367-2630/9/10/358
DO - 10.1088/1367-2630/9/10/358
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AN - SCOPUS:35348861375
SN - 1367-2630
VL - 9
JO - New Journal of Physics
JF - New Journal of Physics
M1 - 358
ER -