New Journal of Physics (Jan 2014)
In situ electromagnetic field diagnostics with an electron plasma in a Penning–Malmberg trap
- C Amole,
- M D Ashkezari,
- M Baquero-Ruiz,
- W Bertsche,
- E Butler,
- A Capra,
- C L Cesar,
- M Charlton,
- A Deller,
- N Evetts,
- S Eriksson,
- J Fajans,
- T Friesen,
- M C Fujiwara,
- D R Gill,
- A Gutierrez,
- J S Hangst,
- W N Hardy,
- M E Hayden,
- C A Isaac,
- S Jonsell,
- L Kurchaninov,
- A Little,
- N Madsen,
- J T K McKenna,
- S Menary,
- S C Napoli,
- K Olchanski,
- A Olin,
- P Pusa,
- C Ø Rasmussen,
- F Robicheaux,
- E Sarid,
- D M Silveira,
- C So,
- S Stracka,
- T Tharp,
- R I Thompson,
- D P van der Werf,
- J S Wurtele
Affiliations
- C Amole
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University , Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
- M D Ashkezari
- Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University , Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
- M Baquero-Ruiz
- Department of Physics, University of California , Berkeley, CA 94720-7300, USA
- W Bertsche
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester , Manchester M13 9PL, UK; The Cockcroft Institute , Warrington WA4 4AD, UK
- E Butler
- Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- A Capra
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University , Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
- C L Cesar
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro 21941-972, Brazil
- M Charlton
- Department of Physics, College of Science, Swansea University , Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
- A Deller
- Department of Physics, College of Science, Swansea University , Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
- N Evetts
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
- S Eriksson
- Department of Physics, College of Science, Swansea University , Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
- J Fajans
- Department of Physics, University of California , Berkeley, CA 94720-7300, USA; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- T Friesen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary , Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
- M C Fujiwara
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
- D R Gill
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
- A Gutierrez
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
- J S Hangst
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University , DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
- W N Hardy
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
- M E Hayden
- Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University , Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
- C A Isaac
- Department of Physics, College of Science, Swansea University , Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
- S Jonsell
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University , SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
- L Kurchaninov
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
- A Little
- Department of Physics, University of California , Berkeley, CA 94720-7300, USA
- N Madsen
- Department of Physics, College of Science, Swansea University , Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
- J T K McKenna
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool , Liverpool L69 7ZE, UK
- S Menary
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University , Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
- S C Napoli
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University , SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
- K Olchanski
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
- A Olin
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
- P Pusa
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool , Liverpool L69 7ZE, UK
- C Ø Rasmussen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University , DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
- F Robicheaux
- Department of Physics, Auburn University , Auburn, AL 36849-5311, USA
- E Sarid
- Department of Physics, NRCN-Nuclear Research Center Negev, Beer Sheva 84190, Israel
- D M Silveira
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro 21941-972, Brazil
- C So
- Department of Physics, University of California , Berkeley, CA 94720-7300, USA
- S Stracka
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
- T Tharp
- Department of Physics, University of California , Berkeley, CA 94720-7300, USA
- R I Thompson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary , Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
- D P van der Werf
- Department of Physics, College of Science, Swansea University , Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
- J S Wurtele
- Department of Physics, University of California , Berkeley, CA 94720-7300, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/013037
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 16,
no. 1
p. 013037
Abstract
We demonstrate a novel detection method for the cyclotron resonance frequency of an electron plasma in a Penning–Malmberg trap. With this technique, the electron plasma is used as an in situ diagnostic tool for the measurement of the static magnetic field and the microwave electric field in the trap. The cyclotron motion of the electron plasma is excited by microwave radiation and the temperature change of the plasma is measured non-destructively by monitoring the plasma's quadrupole mode frequency. The spatially resolved microwave electric field strength can be inferred from the plasma temperature change and the magnetic field is found through the cyclotron resonance frequency. These measurements were used extensively in the recently reported demonstration of resonant quantum interactions with antihydrogen.
