Conference Proceedings on Non-Neutral Plasma Physics III Held in Princeton, New Jersey on 2-5 August 1999
Abstract
The Princeton workshop is best characterized by the word diversity. There were about 100 participants, half of which could be considered "young investigators". There was a much stronger representation from Japan and Europe than at previous workshops. The first talk was on quantum computing with trapped ions. Quantum computing is a rapidly growing research area at the interface of physics and computing. The NIST group has been using laser-cooled trapped ions as an approach to this problem. The activity in antimatter has increased dramatically since the Berkeley and Boulder workshops. There are now three groups (US, Europe and Japan) doing antiproton or anti-hydrogen experiments. There were reports from Harvard, CERN and the University of Tokyo on this work. Antihydrogen experiments require making positron traps, anti-proton traps, neutral plasma traps and traps for antihydrogen. This work involves particle physics, atomic physics and plasmas physics, and so is a kind of physics triple point with vastly different length scales. The next few years should be an exciting time for these experiments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 05, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA382820
Entities
People
- John J. Bollinger
- Ronald C. Davidson
- Ross L. Spencer
Organizations
- American Institute of Physics