Merged neutral beams
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Publication Date
- Jul 25, 2015
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 1
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1140/epjti/s40485-015-0022-x
- Source
- Springer Nature
- Keywords
- License
- Green
Abstract
A detailed description of a merged beam apparatus for the study of low energy molecular scattering is given. This review is intended to guide any scientist who plans to construct a similar experiment, and to provide some inspiration in describing the approach we chose to our goal. In our experiment a supersonic expansion of paramagnetic particles is merged with one of polar molecules. A magnetic and an electric multipole guide are used to bend the two beams onto the same axis. We here describe in detail how the apparatus is designed, characterised, and operated.
