Journal of Nuclear Science, Engineering and Technology (JONSAT)
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Entropy of the Confined Ions in a Quadrupole Ion Trap

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Elaheh Oveisi
Saeid Nouri
Abstract
Abstract: By making the effective potential approximation, the Schrödinger equation for confined particles in a quadrupole ion trap was solved and its energy eigenvalues were evaluated. The partition function and then entropy for the ensemble trapped particles in equilibrium were obtained and analyzed. This research can be helpful for investigating the properties of trapped particles and also for designing and construction of quadrupole ion traps.
 
 

Keywords

Keywords: Quadrupole Ion Trap
Entropy
Effective Potential Approximation
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