Conference paper
Authors list: Plass, Wolfgang R.; Dickel, Timo; San Andres, Samuel Ayet; Ebert, Jens; Greiner, Florian; Hornung, Christine; Jesch, Christian; Lang, Johannes; Lippert, Wayne; Majoros, Tamas; Short, Devin; Geissel, Hans; Haettner, Emma; Reiter, Moritz P.; Rink, Ann-Kathrin; Scheidenberger, Christoph; Yavor, Mikhail I.
Publication year: 2015
Journal: Physica Scripta
Volume number: T166
ISSN: 0031-8949
eISSN: 1402-4896
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/2015/T166/014069
Conference: 9th International Conference on Nuclear Physics at Storage Rings (STORI)
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Abstract:
A class of multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometers (MR-TOF-MSs) has been developed for research with exotic nuclei at present and future accelerator facilities such as GSI and FAIR (Darmstadt), and TRIUMF (Vancouver). They can perform highly accurate mass measurements of exotic nuclei, serve as high-resolution, high-capacity mass separators and be employed as diagnostics devices to monitor the production, separation and manipulation of beams of exotic nuclei. In addition, a mobile high-resolution MR-TOF-MS has been developed for in situ applications in analytical mass spectrometry ranging from environmental research to medicine. Recently, the MR-TOF-MS for GSI and FAIR has been further developed. A novel RF quadrupole-based ion beam switchyard has been developed that allows merging and splitting of ion beams as well as transport of ions into different directions. It efficiently connects a test and reference ion source and an auxiliary detector to the system. Due to an increase in the kinetic energy of the ions in the time-of-flight analyzer of the MR-TOF-MS, a given mass resolving power is now achieved in less than half the time-of-flight. Conversely, depending on the time-of-flight, the mass resolving power has been increased by a factor of more than two.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: Plass, W., Dickel, T., San Andres, S., Ebert, J., Greiner, F., Hornung, C., et al. (2015) High-performance multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometers for research with exotic nuclei and for analytical mass spectrometry, Physica Scripta, T166, Article 014069. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/2015/T166/014069
APA Citation style: Plass, W., Dickel, T., San Andres, S., Ebert, J., Greiner, F., Hornung, C., Jesch, C., Lang, J., Lippert, W., Majoros, T., Short, D., Geissel, H., Haettner, E., Reiter, M., Rink, A., Scheidenberger, C., & Yavor, M. (2015). High-performance multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometers for research with exotic nuclei and for analytical mass spectrometry. Physica Scripta. T166, Article 014069. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-8949/2015/T166/014069
Keywords
Cryogenic stopping cell; direct mass measurement; Exotic nuclei; FAIR; HIGH-PRECISION EXPERIMENTS; ISOBAR-SEPARATION; Isobar separator; mobile mass spectrometer; multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer; SUPER-FRS
