Spin-polarized deuterium : stabilization in magnetic traps
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1987
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Koelman, J.M.V.A.
Stoof, H.T.C.
Verhaar, B.J.
Walraven, J.T.M.
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We report on a calculation of the spin-exchange two-body rate constants associated with the population dynamics of the hyperfine levels of atomic deuterium as a function of magnetic field in the Boltzmann zero temperature limit. We find that a gas of low field seeking deuterium atoms trapped in a static magnetic field minimum decays rapidly into an ultra stable gas of doubly spin-polarized deuterium.