Ion Traps

Ion traps are powerful experimental devices in which charged particles can be confined indefinitely in a small region of space and permit experiments to be done on them. Two of the three 1989 Nobel prizes in Physics were awarded for ion trap work. Besides atomic physics they have applications in analytical mass spectrometry. This book presents principles of operation of ion traps and all applications to atomic physics, frequency standards, collisional studies, and analytical mass spectrometry. The book will serve the purpose of a text at the senior undergraduate and beginning graduate level and of a general purpose reader to professionals interested in the subject.