Faster-than-adiabatic cooling of non-neutral plasmas
- 8 September 2026
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 114 (3) , 035208
Abstract
This paper proposes an optimal control strategy to cool an antiproton plasma in a time much shorter than that required by an adiabatic process. The authors examine the length and stability of the plasma, in addition to its duration. The work suggests that optimal control techniques may be useful for experiments with plasmas, in particular with antimatter plasmas, which need to be confined and cooled before significant losses and annihilation occur.#TimelyTopic #TechnicalAdvancement #ClearMotivationKeywords
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