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jonlg_uk
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Hello I read the following sentence when reading about ion traps:
"By changing the trapping voltage we are changing the depth of the potential trapping well, therefore at the same axial position there is a corresponding increase in the potential well, which means that the ion will have to have greater kinetic energy to achieve the same axial amplitude"
I don't understand what a potential well is? Can anyone explain it in laymans terms for me?
I thank you in advance
J
"By changing the trapping voltage we are changing the depth of the potential trapping well, therefore at the same axial position there is a corresponding increase in the potential well, which means that the ion will have to have greater kinetic energy to achieve the same axial amplitude"
I don't understand what a potential well is? Can anyone explain it in laymans terms for me?
I thank you in advance
J