This book centres around the discussion of the
advantages and disadvantages of various designs of
ion traps. The first chapter introduces the topic of
ion traps to clarify the local context of this work.
In the second chapter the proposal of a novel design
for a Penning ion trap is presented. It is shown
that this trap, called the wire trap, has many
advantages over traditional designs due to its open
geometry and scalability. In the third chapter the
development of two scalable RF wire traps is
presented. Both designs are based on the geometry of
the wire trap. In the following...