Penning traps

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Penning traps are devices that use static electric and magnetic fields to confine charged particles with high precision for experiments in areas such as fundamental physics and mass spectrometry.

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Penning trap 8
Penning traps canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf charged particle trap ⓘ
ion trap ⓘ
scientific instrument ⓘ
applicationArea astrophysics-related mass measurements ⓘ
fundamental physics ⓘ
high-precision spectroscopy ⓘ
measurement of fundamental constants ⓘ
nuclear physics ⓘ
precision mass spectrometry ⓘ
quantum electrodynamics tests ⓘ
confinementType three-dimensional confinement of charged particles ⓘ
enablesMeasurement atomic mass with high precision ⓘ
charge-to-mass ratio of particles ⓘ
cyclotron frequency of trapped ions ⓘ
g-factor of bound electrons ⓘ
magnetic moment of particles ⓘ
fieldConfiguration quadrupole electric potential ⓘ
strong homogeneous magnetic field along trap axis ⓘ
firstDevelopedInDecade 1950s ⓘ
mainComponents cryogenic system ⓘ
endcap electrodes ⓘ
radiofrequency and DC power supplies ⓘ
ring electrode ⓘ
superconducting magnet ⓘ
vacuum chamber ⓘ
motionTypes axial oscillation ⓘ
magnetron motion ⓘ
reduced cyclotron motion ⓘ
namedAfter Frans Michel Penning ⓘ
relatedConcept Paul trap ⓘ
ion cyclotron resonance ⓘ
stabilityConditionDependsOn electric potential strength ⓘ
magnetic field strength ⓘ
trap geometry ⓘ
typicalEnvironment cryogenic temperatures ⓘ
ultra-high vacuum ⓘ
typicalParticlesConfined antiprotons ⓘ
electrons ⓘ
highly charged ions ⓘ
ions ⓘ
usedAtFacilityType nuclear research facilities ⓘ
precision metrology laboratories ⓘ
radioactive ion beam facilities ⓘ
usedInExperimentType Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry ⓘ
single-particle experiments ⓘ
storage of particle ensembles ⓘ
time-of-flight ion-cyclotron-resonance measurements ⓘ
usesFieldType static electric field ⓘ
static magnetic field ⓘ

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ASACUSA experiment → uses → Penning traps ⓘ
PUMA experiment → employs → Penning traps ⓘ
Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus → usesMethod → Penning trap ⓘ
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Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy → usesMethod → Penning trap ⓘ
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Paul trap → contrastedWith → Penning trap ⓘ
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Hans Georg Dehmelt → notableWork → Penning trap ⓘ
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Ioffe–Pritchard trap → relatedTo → Penning trap ⓘ
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BASE collaboration → usesInstrument → Penning trap ⓘ
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Frans Michel Penning → knownFor → Penning trap ⓘ
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Frans Michel Penning → notableConcept → Penning trap ⓘ
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