Penning trap

noun

Penning trap

noun

Etymology Named after Frans Michel Penning (1894–1953), Dutch physicist.

1

A device for the storage of charged particles using a homogeneous static magnetic field and a spatially inhomogeneous static electric field.

  • Penning traps can be used to store antiprotons.

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