Simulations of antihydrogen formation

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Robicheaux, F ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASMAS;

ANTIHYDROGEN; CROSS SECTIONS; PENNING TRAPS; THERMAL ENERGY;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 19544375589     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.022510     Document Type: Article

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