Magnetic trap refers to one of three types of traps used for atoms or charged particles:
- Magnetic trap (atoms), used to trap neutral atoms in a magnetic field gradient
- Penning trap, used to trap charged particles or ions in a combination of electrostatic potential and uniform magnetic field
- Magneto-optical trap (or MOT), a trap using a magnetic gradient and laser light to trap neutral atoms
- Magnetic tweezers, a trap using a magnetic field to trap micrometre-seized ferromagnetic beads
Famous quotes containing the words magnetic and/or trap:
“We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“We are not very much to blame for our bad marriages. We live amid hallucinations; and this especial trap is laid to trip our feet with, and all are tripped up first and last. But the mighty Mother who had been so sly with us, as if she felt that she owed us some indemnity, insinuates into the Pandora-box of marriage some deep and serious benefits, and some great joys.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)