S. Schmidt, J. G. Muga, A. Ruschhaupt

2009

January

Physical Review A

Stopping particles of arbitrary velocities with an accelerated wall

Published

()

80

024036

We propose a method to stop particles of unknown velocities by collision with an accelerated wall with trajectory $\sim \sqrtt$. We present classical and quantum mechanical descriptions and numerical simulations that show the efficiency of the method.