English Explanatory Dictionary

Penning trap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device for the storage of charged particles using a homogeneous static magnetic field and a spatially inhomogeneous static electric field.

Word forms

Penning trap Penning traps

Etymology

Named after Frans Michel Penning (1894–1953), Dutch physicist.

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