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depumping

depumping adjective: that returns an atom (etc) to its ground state (or a less excited state).

Adjective

depumping (not comparable)

  1. That returns an atom (etc) to its ground state (or a less excited state)
    • The depumping laser increases atom number in the magnetic trap and subsequent cooling stages by up to 65 % for the bosonic isotopes and up to 30 % for the fermionic isotope of strontium.2015, D.S. Barker, B.J. Reschovsky, N.C. Pisenti, G.K. Campbell, “Enhanced Magnetic Trap Loading for Atomic Strontium”, in arXiv

Origin of depumping

From de- + pumping.

Questions about depumping

What does depumping mean?
Depumping means that returns an atom (etc) to its ground state (or a less excited state).
What part of speech is depumping?
Depumping is an adjective.

Words near depumping in the dictionary

  1. depulped
  2. depulse
  3. depulses
  4. depulsion
  5. depulsory
  6. depumping
  7. depupylase
  8. depupylases
  9. depupylate
  10. depupylated
  11. depupylation

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