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Highly-charged ions in a penning trap: mass measurements, etc.

R. JertzH.-j. KlugeR. SchuchH. StolzenbergLutz SchweikhardI. BergströmC. CarlbergG. Bollen

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PhysicsIonizationCyclotron resonanceIon trapAtomic physicsMass spectrometryPenning trapCharged particleIon cyclotron resonanceIon

description

The use of a Penning trap will start a new generation of precision experiments on highly charged ions. The long storage time of the ions in combination with a controlled confinement in a very small volume will enable accuracies in mass determination better than δm/m = 10-8.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76658-9_41