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PAUL TRAP [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
CONT

... it has been known for a long time that they [ions] can be trapped in ... suitable nonuniform electric fields whose polarities and gradients alternate in time at radio frequencies (Paul trap).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
CONT

la trappe de Paul [...] permet de créer un champ électrique radiofréquence inhomogène capable de maintenir des ions au voisinage du centre de la trappe. Le problème des collisions avec la paroi a disparu.

Spanish

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