2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/87436We examine the properties of cold ions confined by a Paul trap in a linear crystal configuration, a system of considerable current interest due to its application to practical quantum computation. Using a combination of theoretical and numerical calculation, a semi- empirical formula for the positions of the ions is derived.10 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Physics Letters AAtomic PhysicsOpticsTheoretical and Numerical studies of the positions of cold trapped ionstext