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TUPPB006 | Compression and Confinement of Positron Clouds in the Surko Trap of LEPTA Facility | 319 |
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A bunch of positrons confined in a cylindrical Penning-Malmberg trap can be compressed radially by applying a rotating asymmetric dipolar electric field. An explanation of this effect presented in the report is based on the solutions of particle 3D dynamics equations in the fields of the trap taking into account the positron collisions with a neutral buffer gas. The result agrees well with experimental data obtained at the positron injector of LEPTA facility at JINR. Essential feature of the compression process is resonant character of applied rotating field and coincidence its frequency with the frequency of longitudinal positron bouncing in the trap. | ||