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Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Collisional Cooling of Highly Charged Ions in a Penning Trap

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, , Citation J P Holder et al 2001 Phys. Scr. 2001 158 DOI 10.1238/Physica.Topical.092a00158

1402-4896/2001/T92/158

Abstract

Molecular dynamics simulations of the cooling of highly-charged ions captured into a Penning ion trap (RETRAP) along with Be+ ions are described. Experimentally, the Be+ ions were directly cooled continuously using a laser, and collisional coupling to these laser-cooled ions cooled the highly-charged ions. The simulation is described as a tool for experimental interpretation and refinement. Under conditions closely related to the experimental parameters, the highly charged ions were found to form ordered structures, and to exhibit characteristics of a magnetized non-neutral plasma.

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