WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Relative Motion for Two Ions in a Penning Trap

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t
49.
ρ
0
1.9
ζ
0
0.455
e
0
2.93
ν
0
λ
1.1
A Penning trap uses a combination of electric and magnetic fields to confine ions in a cavity bounded by paraboloids, creating quadrupole fields. The plot shows the path for two ions for initial conditions
ρ
0
and
ζ
0
with energy
e
0
.