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Plasma Physics

Non-Neutral Plasma

A plasma composed exclusively of a single species of charged particles (electrons, positrons, or single ions) without background charge neutralization.

Governing formula n_e ≫ n_i (Pure Electron or Ion Plasma)
SI unit Single-Species Charged Cloud

In depth

Trapped stably in Penning-Malmberg traps using static axial magnetic fields and radial electrostatic end-well potentials. Can be cooled to cryogenic liquid and crystalline solid states.

Examples in the real world

Storing antimatter positrons in Penning traps for antihydrogen synthesis experiments at CERN.