Can a single proton be trapped in a Penning trap? And what happens to it?

  • Level: Graduate 
  • Thread starter Thread starter bogie
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Proton
Join the discussion
Registration is free. Start your own thread to ask a follow-up.
1 reply · 3K views
bogie
Messages
33
Reaction score
0
Can a single proton be held in a Penning trap and for how long? Has it been done? Who did it?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
http://www.aip.org/png/html/penning.htm

This is a graphic of a Penning trap. I am hoping to come across an expert on Penning traps who can discuss the thresholds, i.e can one proton be trapped. Is there any way to observe the trapped ions? Is there any experiments done with protons and what happens to them while in a trap, i.e. do they leak out, do they form hydrogen while in there, etc.?
 
Last edited by a moderator: