Equilibrium configuration of systems of trapped ions

Beekman, Richard A.; Roussel, Marc R.; Wilson, P. J.

Equilibrium configuration of systems of trapped ions

dc.contributor.author	Beekman, Richard A.
dc.contributor.author	Roussel, Marc R.
dc.contributor.author	Wilson, P. J.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-07-18T23:13:02Z
dc.date.available	2019-07-18T23:13:02Z
dc.date.issued	1999
dc.description	Sherpa Romeo green journal. Permission to archive final published version	en_US
dc.description.abstract	We have computed the equilibrium conformations of clusters of up to 100 ions in a spherically symmetric harmonic trap by a simple optimization strategy called seeding in which ions are added or removed from previously discovered minima. In each case, we have found at least as good a minimum as was previously known and believe that we have located the global minimum. We have additionally located a number of local minima and some saddle points. A balancing condition between the Coulomb and trapping terms which all of the critical points of the potential energy surface must satisfy was used to estimate the errors in the computed energies.	en_US
dc.description.peer-review	Yes	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Beekman, R. A., Roussel, M. R., & Wilson, P. J. (1999). Equilibrium configurations of systems of trapped ions. Physical Review A, 59(1), 503-511.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10133/5476
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	American Physical Society	en_US
dc.publisher.department	Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry	en_US
dc.publisher.department	Department of Physics	en_US
dc.publisher.faculty	Arts and Science	en_US
dc.publisher.institution	University of Lethbridge	en_US
dc.publisher.url	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.59.503
dc.subject	Equilibrium configurations
dc.subject	Seeding
dc.subject	Minima
dc.subject	Coulomb
dc.subject	Harmonic trap
dc.subject.lcsh	Trapped ions
dc.title	Equilibrium configuration of systems of trapped ions	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US