Abstract
One can make artificial atoms by trapping elementary particles such as electrons, positrons, protons, or antiprotons, in electric and magnetic fields produced in laboratories. We study here such a device using static electric and magnetic fields. We then investigate how this trap can provide a very precise method of measuring masses and magnetic moments of particles.
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Basdevant, JL., Dalibard, J. (2000). The Penning Trap. In: The Quantum Mechanics Solver. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04277-9_13
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