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Photo of the QUIC trap

This photo shows the trap installed in the experiment.

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For scale, the quadrupoles are 80 mm in diameter. The coils are driven at up to 27 Amps and are water cooled. The vacuum system, which is at a pressure of less than $10^{-11}$ torr, extends from the left of the image between the two quadrupole coils.


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nk 2004-11-02