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Traps for neutral radioactive atoms

✍ Scribed by G.D. Sprouse; R.P. Fliller; J.S. Grossman; L.A. Orozco; M.R. Pearson

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
124 KB
Volume
701
Category
Article
ISSN
0375-9474

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✦ Synopsis

We describe several methods for efficiently injecting a small number of radioactive atoms into a laser trap. The characteristics of laser traps that make them desirable for physics experiments are discussed and several different experimental directions are described. We describe recent experiments with the alkali element Fr and point to future directions of the neutral atom trapping program.

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