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    "abstract": "Beams of polar molecules can be focused using an array of electrostatic\nlenses in alternating gradient (AG) configuration. They can also be accelerated\nor decelerated by applying an appropriate high voltage switching sequence to\nthe lenses. AG focusing is applicable to molecules in both low-field and\nhigh-field-seeking states and is particularly well suited to the problem of\ndecelerating heavy molecules and those in their ground rotational state. We\ndescribe the principles of AG deceleration and set out criteria to be followed\nin decelerator design, construction and operation. We calculate the\nlongitudinal and transverse focusing properties of a decelerator, and exemplify\nthis by 2D-imaging studies of a decelerated beam of metastable CO molecules.",
    "arxiv_id": "physics/0604020",
    "authors": [
      "Hendrick L. Bethlem",
      "M. R. Tarbutt",
      "Jochen K\u00fcpper",
      "David Carty",
      "Kirstin Wohlfart",
      "E. A. Hinds",
      "Gerard Meijer"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "physics.atom-ph"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1088/0953-4075/39/16/R01",
    "journal_ref": "J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 39 (2006) R263-R291",
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "title": "Alternating Gradient Focusing and Deceleration of Polar Molecules",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0604020"
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