Abstract
The stability of a charged particle in a Penning-Ioffe trap was studied. The addition of radial magnetic field of Ioffe trap broke the axial symmetry of a Penning trap. The breakdown of the axial symmetry and a resulting confinement theorem was investigated. The stable orbits related to adiabatic invariants were identified and expressions for their frequencies were obtained.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5266-5269 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue number | 23 |
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| State | Published - Jun 4 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)