2013/10/19 by Kuang Chen, Scott T. Sullivan, Eric R. Hudson · 2 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic physics #Buffer gas #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Computer science #Extension (predicate logic) #Ion #Ion trap #Materials science #Meteorology #Nuclear physics #Physics #Plasma #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum mechanics #Statistical physics #Thermodynamics #Trap (plumbing) #physics.atom-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.112.143009
arxiv created 2013/10/19 · openalex publication_date 2014/04/11 · arxiv updated 2015/06/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
A single ion immersed in a neutral buffer gas is studied. An analytical model is developed that gives a complete description of the dynamics and steady-state properties of the ions. An extension of this model, using techniques employed in the mathematics of economics and finance, is used to explain the recent observation of non-Maxwellian statistics for these systems. Taken together, these results offer an explanation of the long-standing issues associated with sympathetic cooling of an ion by a neutral buffer gas.