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AUTHOR
M.d.n. Lunney
The manipulation of ions using electromagnetic traps
Electromagnetic traps, in addition to providing very clean and gentle confinement for very precise and sensitive observation of charged particles, are very versatile devices for collecting and preparing charged particles from outside sources for observation by devices which are also outside, devices which may in themselves be other electromagnetic traps. This paper introduces the basic principles of using electromagnetic traps for collecting and cooling and presents some preliminary test results from using Paul traps for these purposes. Specifically, in relatively modest Paul traps with 28 mm between end electrodes a collection efficiency of 0.2% was achieved for a 60 keV DC beam of 132Xe i…
Collection, cooling and delivery of ISOL beams
Abstract The collection of an ISOL beam in a Penning trap using implantation on a surface that is subsequently manipulated so as to become part of an end electrode of a Penning trap and reionization of the implanted material by heat has already been very productive for high-precision nuclear-mass measurements, even though it is limited to elements that are surface ionizable and the collection efficiencies are never better than about 0.1%. More recently, in 1990 a Paul trap system for electric collection of ions was installed at the ISOLDE-3 facility and collection was demonstrated for a 60 kV beam of 132 Xe ions. The purpose of this test setup was to determine the relationship between phase…