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<div><font color="#000080" size="6"><b>Old Dominion University</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000080" size="6"><b>Department of Physics</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#7030A0" size="6"><b>Nuclear Physics Seminar</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#17365D" size="5"><b>Friday October 1, 2010</b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#7030A0" size="5"><b>"</b><font size="6" face="Courier New, monospace"><b>Electrostatic Traps as a High Precision Measurement Tool</b></font><font size="6" face="Courier New, monospace">"</font></font></div>
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<font color="#1F497D" size="5"><b>Dr. Guy Ron</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#1F497D" size="5"><b>Nuclear Science Division</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#1F497D" size="5" face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>Lawrence Berkeley National Lab<br>
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<div>Using principles analogous to those of conventional optics it is possible to construct fully electrostatic ion traps which act as a resonant cavity for ion beams. Such traps exhibit an unexpected phenomenon of self-bunching
which allows for long lifetimes of trapped ion bunches. I will present the principles and design of one such electrostatic trap, originally designed at the Weizmann Institute and now being constructed and installed at LBL. I will further discuss the experimental
possibilities a_orded by such a trap, with emphasis on mass spectroscopy and possible measurements of _ decay correlations of trapped radioactive ions. Such measurements allow the study of possible standard model extensions a_ecting the structure</div>
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<div><font size="4">Presentation: PSB 2108 Conference Room @ 3:00 pm</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">All are Welcome<font size="3">!</font></font></div>
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