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Fractional frequency collective parametric resonances of an ion cloud in a Paul trap

R. AlheitM. A. N. RazviM. A. N. RazviGünter WerthReinhold BlümelXinzhao Chu

subject

Trap (computing)PhysicsObservableIon trapTrappingAtomic physicsMass spectrometryAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsExcitationIonParametric statistics

description

ion cloud ina Paul trap driven at simple fractions of twice the secular frequency of the trap by an additionally appliedquadrupole field. The fractional resonances are observable only if the excitation field surpasses a criticalstrength. Odd-even staggering of the thresholds is observed.@S1050-2947~98!51307-8#PACS number~s!: 32.80.Pj, 07.75.1h

https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.58.r34