Trapped electron coupled to superconducting devices

We propose to couple a trapped single electron to superconducting structures located at a variable distance from the electron. The electron is captured in a cryogenic Penning trap using electric fields and a static magnetic field in the Tesla range. Measurements on the electron will allow investigating the properties of the superconductor such as vortex structure, damping and decoherence. We propose to couple a superconducting microwave resonator to the electron in order to realize a circuit QED-like experiment, as well as to couple superconducting Josephson junctions or superconducting quantum interferometers (SQUIDs) to the electron. The electron may also be coupled to a vortex which is situated in a double well potential, realized by nearby pinning centers in the superconductor, acting as a quantum mechanical two level system that can be controlled by a transport current tilting the double well potential. When the vortex is trapped in the interferometer arms of a SQUID, this would allow its detection both by the SQUID and by the electron.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figure

STUDY OF SATURN ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGES IN A WIDE RANGE OF TIME SCALES

Saturn Electrostatic discharges (SED) are sporadic broadband impulsive radio bursts associated with lightning in Saturnian atmosphere. After 25 years of space investigations in 2006 the first successful observations of SED on the UTR-2 radio telescope were carried out [1]. Since2007 along-term program of ED search and study in the Solar system has started. As a part of this program the unique observations with high time resolution were taken in 2010.New possibilities of UTR-2 radio telescope allowed to provide a long-period observations and study with high temporal resolution. This article presents the results of SED study in a wide range of time scales: from seconds to mi­croseconds. For the first time there were obtained a low frequency spectrum of SED. We calculated flux densities of individual bursts at the maximum achievable time resolu­tion. Flux densities of most intensive bursts reach 4200 Jy.

Solar system radio emissions studies with the largest low-frequency radio telescopes

International audienceWe describe the trends and tasks in the field of lowfrequency studies of radio emission from the Solar system's objects. The world's largest decameter radio telescopes UTR-2 and URAN have a unique combination of sensitivity and time/frequency resolution parameters, providing the capability of the most detailed studies of various types of solar and planetary emissions

Solar system radio emissions studies with the largest low-frequency radio telescopes

International audienceWe describe the trends and tasks in the field of lowfrequency studies of radio emission from the Solar system's objects. The world's largest decameter radio telescopes UTR-2 and URAN have a unique combination of sensitivity and time/frequency resolution parameters, providing the capability of the most detailed studies of various types of solar and planetary emissions

Identification of Saturn Lightnings Recorded by the UTR-2 Radio Telescope and Cassini Spacecraft

International audienceThe Saturn electrostatic discharges (SED) simultaneously recorded in the initial period of storm F at the UTR-2 radio telescope and Cassini spacecraft are investigated. The UTR-2 used the FFT-spectral receiver operating 12÷33 MHz, while the Cassini the serial spectrum analyser RPWS (Radio Plasma Wave Science) operating 1.8÷16 MHz. The ground and space data processed have shown very good agreement. E-folding time of SED and its dependence on episode intensity in the initial period of storm F were determined