A quadrupole ion trap (also known as Paul trap) is a device that con nes charged particles using
dynamic electric elds produced by four voltage-varying electrodes. The aim of this project is to
simulate numerically the movement of such ions and therefore design the optimal ion trap. In order
to do so, a number of simulations were made from di erent approaches: by direct discretization
of the di erential equations with the nite element method (FEM), and also by discretizing the
integral equation using the method of moments (MoM), both in 2D and 3D. The voltage applied to
the electrodes presents a harmonic variation, which takes place at a frequency that is low enough
to consider a quasi-static problem, fact that simpli es the resolution.
2015/2016