Advances in Ion Trapping of Radioactive Ions
A special issue of Atoms (ISSN 2218-2004).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 8269
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the seminal work of Wolgang Paul and Hans G. Dehmelt that warranted them the 1989 Nobel prize in physics, ion traps have become ubiquitous. We find them in biology and medicine to identify protein; in chemistry where they are used to identify peptides and analyze crude oil composition; in quantum computing; as part of some of the most precise atomic clocks; and they are also used to confine antimatter.
Ion traps also found their way in nuclear physics where they are used to confine and manipulate ion beams as well as perform high precision mass measurements. These devices enable research that help us better understand where and how about half of the elements heavier than iron are produced; how the structure of the nucleus change with large neutron-to-proton imbalance; and what are the limits of the Standard Model.
This special issue will include original research papers, review articles, and short communications to provide an overview of the current advances in ion trapping for nuclear physics. These advances can include recent technical developments, new initiatives, and ideas as well as recent scientific results.
Dr. Maxime Brodeur
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Penning and Paul traps
- multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer
- mass spectrometry
- radioactive atoms and molecules
- tests of the weak interaction
- explosive nucleosynthesis
