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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Summary of Trap Properties

Viorica N. GheorgheGüther WerthFouad G. Major

subject

PhysicsTrap (computing)Classical mechanicsMagnitude (mathematics)Harmonic (mathematics)Ion trapSpace (mathematics)Potential energyMagnetosphere particle motionCharged particle

description

Three-dimensional confinement of charged particles requires a potential energy minimum at some region in space, in order that the corresponding force is directed toward that region in all three dimensions. In general, the dependence of the magnitude of this force on the coordinates can have an arbitrary form; however, it is convenient to have a binding force that is harmonic, since this simplifies the analytical description of the particle motion.

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2009-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92261-2_1