Trapping and evolution dynamics of ultracold two-component plasmas.
We demonstrate the trapping of a strongly magnetized, quasineutral ultracold plasma in a nested Penning trap with a background field of 2.9 T. Electrons remain trapped in this system for several milliseconds. Early in the evolution, the dynamics are driven by a breathing-mode oscillation in the ionic charge distribution, which modulates the electron trap depth. Over longer times scales, the electronic component undergoes cooling. Trap loss resulting from E x B drift is characterized.
FOCUS Center, Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA.
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