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Electron and positron cooling of highly charged ions in a cooler Penning trap

S. DjekicManuel VogelT. ValenzuelaCh. KozhuharovThomas BeierH.-j. KlugeS. StahlJ. BernardWolfgang QuintJ. AlonsoGünter WerthJ. VerdúMichael Block

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PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsKryptonchemistry.chemical_elementElectronPenning trapEffective nuclear chargelaw.inventionIonPositronchemistrylawLaser coolingPhysics::Atomic PhysicsAtomic physicsInstrumentationElectron cooling

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Abstract Electron cooling is a well-established technique to increase the phase space density of particle beams in storage rings. In this paper, we discuss the feasibility of electron and positron cooling of ions in a Penning trap. We calculate the cooling times for the cases of trapped bare ions with nuclear charge Z =1 (protons), Z =36 (krypton) and Z =92 (uranium) with the Spitzer formula. Our calculations show that for typical experimental conditions the time for cooling from initial energies of 10 keV per charge down to rest is in the order of a second. We investigate the dependence of the cooling time on the number of ions and electrons, and their charge and mass.

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2004-10-01Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2004.06.049