Observation of three-dimensional long-range order in small ion coulomb crystals in an rf trap.
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Three-dimensional long-range ordered structures in smaller and near-spherically symmetric Coulomb crystals of (40)Ca(+) ions confined in a linear rf Paul trap have been observed when the number of ions exceeds approximately 1,000 ions. This result is unexpected from ground state molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, but found to be in agreement with MD simulations of metastable ion configurations. Previously, three-dimensional long-range ordered structures have only been reported in Penning traps in systems of approximately 50,000 ions or more.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 96 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006