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Excitation modes for fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry.

1992

AbstractVarious geometric configurations for the excitation of coherent ion motion in Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR/MS) are analyzed (in some cases for the first time) with unified notation. The instantaneous power absorption, F·v, in which v is ion velocity and F the force produced by the applied excitation electric field (harmonic, single frequency, on-resonance, in-phase), is time averaged and then set equal to the time rate of change of ion total (cyclotron + magnetron + trapping) energy, to yield a differential equation that is readily solved for the (time-dependent) amplitude of each of the various ion motions. The standard FT-ICR excitation (name…

Theory of quadrupole detection fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance

1991

Abstract The theoretical basis of the recently introduced quadrupole detection Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance technique is developed by use of the concept of image charges induced in the detection electrodes. The appearance of resonances at frequencies 2ω+, 2ω−, (ω+ + ω−) and (ω+ − ω−) is explained. The new method is compared with the standard (dipole) detection scheme. Techniques are suggested allowing the simultaneous determination of all resonance frequencies ω+ (perturbed, or reduced, cyclotron frequency), ω− (magnetron frequency) and ωz (trapping frequency).

The elliptical Penning trap: Experimental investigations and simulations

2008

Abstract The application of an additional azimuthal quadrupolar electrostatic field to a Penning trap leads to a field configuration referred to as an elliptical Penning trap. The resulting changes of the radial ion motions have been investigated experimentally and by use of simulations. The eigenfrequencies, i.e., the magnetron frequency ω ˜ − and the reduced cyclotron frequency ω ˜ + , are found to be shifted with respect to those of the standard Penning trap ω − , ω + , respectively. As the shift of the magnetron frequency ω ˜ − is larger than that of the reduced cyclotron frequency ω ˜ + their sum ω ˜ + + ω ˜ − is also a function of the ellipticity and no longer equal to the cyclotron f…

Mass measurements of very high accuracy by time-of-flight ion cyclotron resonance of ions injected into a penning trap

1989

Abstract The possibility of absolute mass measurements using time-of-flight detection of ion cyclotron resonance on ions injected into a Penning trap has been demonstrated. Resolving powers of 2 million have been achieved, with accuracies of about 0.5 ppm. Absolute accuracy is obtained by direct observation of the sum frequency of the cyclotron and the magnetron motions through the use of an azimuthal quadrupole r.f. field to transform initial magnetron motion into cyclotron motion. Imperfections of the Penning trap leading to systematic errors are discussed. The system has been designed specifically to measure the masses of radionuclides produced at the on-line isotope separator ISOLDE. Wi…

Damping effects in Penning trap mass spectrometry

2011

Abstract Collisions of ions with residual gas atoms in a Penning trap can have a strong influence on the trajectories of the ions, depending on the atom species and the gas pressure. We report on investigations of damping effects in time-of-flight ion-cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry with the Penning trap mass spectrometers ISOLTRAP at ISOLDE/CERN (Geneva, Switzerland) and SHIPTRAP at GSI (Darmstadt, Germany). The work focuses on the interconversion of the magnetron and cyclotron motional modes, in particular the modification of the resonance profiles for quadrupolar excitation due to the damping effect of the residual gas. Extensive experiments have been performed with standard and Ra…

Excitation and detection geometries for Fourier-transform mass spectometry

1994

A short overview of current excitation and detection techniques for Fourier-transform mass spectrometry and related ion cyclotron resonance experiments is given, and some ideas are discussed which may lead to new developments.

First Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance signals of very highly charged atomic ions

1994

We report on the first application of Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry to the very highly charged ions produced in the high-energy electron beam ion trap (SuperEBIT) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Initial results are described, and spectra are presented from ions as highly charged as Cs53+.

High Resolution Mass Spectrometry of Light Ions in a Penning Trap

1996

Pulsed photodissociation in an ion cyclotron resonance trap: extending the time range for unimolecular dissociation studies of metal clusters

1997

On the phase dependence of the interconversion of the motional modes in a Penning trap by quadrupolar excitation

2012

Abstract The interconversion of the radial motional modes in a Penning trap (magnetron and cyclotron modes) by an external quadrupolar rf-field with a frequency near the true cyclotron frequency ω c plays an important role in the measurement cycle of Penning trap mass spectrometry. Ions to be measured are prepared in a state of magnetron motion which is then resonantly converted into cyclotron motion. The data analysis is usually carried out under the assumption that the initial motional state of the ions has been a pure magnetron state. In reality, however, a small component of cyclotron motion is always present in the ion's initial motional state. This component introduces a dependence on…