An ion trap source of cold atomic hydrogen via photodissociation of the BaH+ molecular ion

I present a novel scheme for producing cold (magnetically trappable) atomic hydrogen, based on threshold photodissociation of the BaH ^+ molecular ion. BaH ^+ can be sympathetically cooled using laser cooled Ba ^+ in an ion trap, before it is photodissociated on the single photon A ^1 Σ ^+ ← X ^1 Σ...

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Main Author: S A Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac4ef3