RUI: Kinetic Theory of Ion Traps

查塔姆学院的Larry Viehland教授通过RUI奖获得理论和计算化学项目的支持，研究离子阱的动力学理论。这项研究正在开发一个详细的离子阱动力学理论，将明确与分子水平的事件。该理论以玻尔兹曼方程为基础，并考虑到气体混合物、分子气体和复杂的捕获场，目前正与橡树岭国家实验室的道格拉斯戈林格博士领导的实验小组合作进行。 这项工作正在产生更广泛的影响，通过预期的应用到量子计算，痕量有机分析和离子阱的设计，以及通过积极的影响，女大学生谁是参与研究的查塔姆，在美国为数不多的女子学院之一。

Prof. Larry Viehland of Chatham College is supported by the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry program via a RUI award to study the kinetic theory of ion traps. The research is developing a detailed kinetic theory of ion traps that will make explicit connection with molecular level events. The theory is based on the Boltzmann equation and takes into account gaseous mixtures, molecular gases and complex trapping fields and is being carried out in collaboration with an experimental group led by Dr. Douglas Goeringer of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The work is having a broader impact through the expected applications to quantum computing, trace organic analysis and the design of ion traps as well as through the positive impact on female undergraduates who are participating in the research at Chatham, one of the few remaining women's colleges in the United States.