Field-Induced Electron-Ion Recombination: A Novel Route towards Neutral (Anti-)matter
- 24 April 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 84 (17) , 3799-3802
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.84.3799
Abstract
We present a novel approach to the preparation of neutral (anti-)matter. The scheme is based on recombination of a free electron and an ion, and can be considered as the inverse of pulsed field ionization. We have obtained promising results on rubidium: at low densities already efficiencies of were obtained. This is orders of magnitude more than has been achieved in previous recombination studies.
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