Collision-Induced Dissociation at TRIUMF's Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear science

A. Jacobs*, C. Andreoiu, J. Bergmann, T. Brunner, T. Dickel, I. Dillmann, E. Dunling, J. Flowerdew, L. Graham, G. Gwinner, Z. Hockenbery, B. Kootte, Y. Lan, K. G. Leach, E. Leistenschneider, E. M. Lykiardopoulou, V. Monier, I. Mukul, S. F. Paul, W. R. PlaßM. P. Reiter, C. Scheidenberger, R. Thompson, J. L Tracy, C. Will, M. E. Wieser, M. Yavor, J. Dilling, A. A. Kwiatkowski

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Abstract

The performance of high-precision mass spectrometry of radioactive isotopes can often be hindered by large amounts of contamination, including molecular species, stemming from the production of the radioactive beam. In this paper, we report on the development of Collision-Induced Dissociation (CID) as a means of background reduction for experiments at TRIUMF's Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear science (TITAN). This study was conducted to characterize the quality and purity of radioactive ion beams and the reduction of molecular contaminants to allow for mass measurements of radioactive isotopes to be done further from nuclear stability. This is the first demonstration of CID at an ISOL-type radioactive ion beam facility, and it is shown that molecular contamination can be reduced up to an order of magnitude.
Original languageEnglish
Article number116931
Pages (from-to)1-7
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Journal of Mass Spectrometry
Volume482
Early online date24 Sept 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2022

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • nucl-ex
  • physics.ins-det
  • Radioactive ion beams
  • Collision induced dissociation
  • Mass spectrometry
  • TITAN
  • MR-TOF-MS

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