title: Stability of Coulomb crystals in a linear Paul trap with storage-ring-like confinement.
abstract: We report experiments on the stability of ion Coulomb crystals in a linear Paul trap with storage-ring-like confinement. The transverse dynamics of charged particles in a trap of this type is analogous to that of a fast beam traveling through a channel with periodic, magnetic alternating gradient confinement. The experimentally observed stability conditions for stationary crystals comply remarkably well with current theory of crystalline plasmas and beams.
authors.affiliation: Optics and Fluid Dynamics Department, Risø National Laboratory, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. niels.kjaergaard@risoe.dk
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kjaergaard
authors.forename: Kristian
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authors.lastname: Mølhave
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drewsen