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Physical Review Letters

Combined Trap with the Potential for Antihydrogen Production

J. Walz, S. B. Ross, Claus Zimmermann, Leonardo Ricci, M. Prevedelli, Theodor W. Hänsch

Published Oct 30, 1995• 53 citations
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Abstract

We present the first experimental demonstration of simultaneous trapping of electrons and ions in the same spatial region. Confinement of particles with opposite charges and very different mass in the combined trap represents an important step towards the synthesis of antihydrogen.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.75.3257

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