TSI 2005 TRIUMF Summer Institute 2005 July 11-22, 2005 TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Atom and Ion Traps: Techniques and Applications

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Lecture Outlines

John Behr   TRIUMF

Atom Traps for Weak Interaction Studies

Lecture Material:
Lecture 1:  PDF   (2.4 MB)  43 pages

Georg Bollen   NSCL, Michigan State University, USA

Application of Ion Traps in Nuclear Physics and Elsewhere

Topic 1:

Introduction

• Where are ion traps used in nuclear physics and why are they of benefit
• The wide field of Penning trap mass spectrometry
• Review of the toolbox and relevant techniques

Topic 2:

Ion Beam Manipulation with Ion Traps (mostly for rare isotope beams)

• Penning trap beam cooler and buncher systems + isobar separation (ISOLTRAP, REXTRAP)
• RFQ cooler and buncher systems (LEBIT, JYFLTRAP, ISOLTRAP, etc.)
• EBIT for charge state boosting

Topic 3:

Mass Measurements

• Mass measurements on rare isotopes (ISOLTRAP, LEBIT, TITAN, SHIPTRAP, etc.)
  • Mass surface, nuclear astrophysics
  • Test of fundamental interactions and symmetries

Topic 4:

Ultra-high precision mass measurements (MIT, Smiletrap, p/p-bar, HITRAP)

• Fundamental constants (alpha, kilogram)
• QED and CPT tests

Topic 5:

Other Applications

• In-trap decay studies
  • Search for scalar and tensor currents (WITCH, LPC Caen)

Topic 6:

Analytical chemistry, molecular and cluster physics, etc. (FTICR)

• CID on metal clusters
• Large protein ID, MS-MS

Jose Crespo   MPI Heidelberg, Germany

Electron Beam Ion Traps

Gerald Gwinner   University of Manitoba, Canada

Heavy-Ion Storage Rings

Topics will include:

• Storage ring principles, electron cooling
• Tests of relativistic time dilation
• Bound-state beta decay
• QED tests in heavy, hydrogen-like ions
• Electron-ion recombination, application to astrophysics
• Molecular physics
• Laser cooling, beam crystallization
• New developments:
  • Ultra-cold electrons
  • Cryogenic electrostatic rings

Makoto C. Fujiwara   TRIUMF

Antimatter Traps

The topics will include:

• Physics motivations
• Trapped non-neutral plasmas
• Antiproton and positron traps
• Antihydrogen detectors and antimatter imaging
• Antihydrogen formation
• Trapping neutral antihydrogen with project ALPHA
• Towards precision symmetry tests

Brian King   McMaster University, Canada

Quantum Computing with Ion Traps

We will discuss the basic "building blocks" used to implement ion-trap quantum information processing and some of the possible applications.

The topics will include:

• Physical requirements for quantum computing
• Decoherence
• Error correction
• Ion traps for quantum computing
• Internal degrees of freedom - "memory" qubits
• External degrees of freedom - the "quantum data bus"
• State preparation
• Readout
• Single-ion logic gates
• Multi-ion logic gates
• Applications and implementations
• Prospects

Harold J. Metcalf   Stony Brook University, USA

Fundamentals of Atom Traps

Daniel Steck   OCO, University of Oregon, USA

Quantum Control and Quantum Chaos in Atom Optics

Topic 1:

Quantum Control

• Passive control methods in atom optics
• The role of dissipation and information in control
• Quantum feedback control

Topic 2:

Quantum Chaos

• Introduction to classical chaos
• Quantum phenomena in atom optics:
  • Localization
  • Tunneling
  • Accelerator modes
• The quantum-classical transition

Matthias Weidemüller   Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany

Applications of Atom Traps

Topic 1:

The trap zoo, or: How to choose the right trap (including cooling schemes)

Topic 2:

Bose condensation and Fermi degeneracy

Topic 3:

Molecules, Rydberg gases and other exotic species

Topic 4:

Single-atom manipulation and applications for quantum information processing

Topic 5:

Trapped atoms as targets for electron, atom, ion, and photon beams

Günter Werth   Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany

Principles and Applications of Ion Traps

Topic 1:

Principles of Paul and Penning traps

• Equations of motions for single particles
• Criteria for stability
• Spatial distribution of trapped ion clouds
• Influence of space charge and trap imperfections on the ion motion
• Influence of collisions

Different trap geometries

• Linear traps
• Cylindrical traps

Topic 2:

Trap loading methods

Destructive and non-destructive ion detection techniques

Creation of multiply charged ions

Topic 3:

Ion cooling

• Buffer gas cooling
• Resistive cooling
• Laser cooling
• Sympathetic cooling

Principles

• Cooling rates
• Cooling limits

Topic 4:

Nuclear and electronic g-factor measurements in traps

• Optical-microwave double resonance technique
• Continuous Stern-Gerlach effect for free electrons and hydrogen-like ions

Topic 5:

Precision spectroscopy in traps

• Hyperfine structures
• Atomic clocks in the microwave and optical domain

Present status of precision and stability of ion trap clocks

Registration

The registration form [ PDF (18 KB) , gzipped PostScript (27 KB) , PostScript (51 KB) ] should be downloaded, completed and faxed to Elly Driessen at TRIUMF.  Please note that the number of participants will be limited to 40.  Unfortunately, we are unable to provide financial support to cover travel or subsistence expenses.

Accommodation

Please make your own reservation using this Web form.

The Gage Towers is located at:
5959 Student Union Boulevard, Vancouver, BC  V6T 1K2, Canada
Tel: 604-822-1000
Fax: 604-822-1001

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• How to get to The Gage Towers from Vancouver International Airport, downtown Vancouver and Seattle; public transit; check-in and check-out information; and facilities available at The Gage Towers.
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