Characterization of multicusp-plasma ion source brightness using micron-scale apertures

Author(s):  
K. L. Scott ◽  
T.-J. King ◽  
K.-N. Leung ◽  
R. F. Pease
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2014 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 1460145 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALBERTO ANDRIGHETTO ◽  
MATTIA MANZOLARO ◽  
STEFANO CORRADETTI ◽  
DANIELE SCARPA ◽  
JESU VASQUEZ ◽  
...  

The SPES project at Laboratori di Legnaro of INFN (Italy) is concentrating on the production of neutron-rich radioactive nuclei for nuclear physics experiments using uranium fission at a rate of 1013 fission/s. The emphasis on neutron-rich isotopes is justified by the fact that this vast territory has been little explored. The Radioactive Ion Beam (RIB) will be produced by the ISOL technique using proton induced fission on a direct target of UCx. The most critical element of the SPES project is the Multi-Foil Direct Target. Up to the present time, the proposed target represents an innovation in terms of its capability to sustain the primary beam power. This talk will present the status of the project financed by INFN, which is actually in the construction phase at Legnaro. In particular, developments related to the target and the ion-source activities using the surface ion source, plasma ion source, and laser ion source techniques will be reported.


2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 1684-1687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Forbes ◽  
R. Brent Dixon ◽  
David C. Muddiman ◽  
F. Levent Degertekin ◽  
Andrei G. Fedorov

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 065003 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Pandey ◽  
Debrup Mukherjee ◽  
Dipshikha Borah ◽  
M Bandyopadhyay ◽  
Himanshu Tyagi ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1449-1460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Heinritzi ◽  
Mario Simon ◽  
Gerhard Steiner ◽  
Andrea C. Wagner ◽  
Andreas Kürten ◽  
...  

Abstract. Knowledge about mass discrimination effects in a chemical ionization mass spectrometer (CIMS) is crucial for quantifying, e.g., the recently discovered extremely low volatile organic compounds (ELVOCs) and other compounds for which no calibration standard exists so far. Here, we present a simple way of estimating mass discrimination effects of a nitrate-based chemical ionization atmospheric pressure interface time-of-flight (CI-APi-TOF) mass spectrometer. Characterization of the mass discrimination is achieved by adding different perfluorinated acids to the mass spectrometer in amounts sufficient to deplete the primary ions significantly. The relative transmission efficiency can then be determined by comparing the decrease of signals from the primary ions and the increase of signals from the perfluorinated acids at higher masses. This method is in use already for PTR-MS; however, its application to a CI-APi-TOF brings additional difficulties, namely clustering and fragmentation of the measured compounds, which can be treated with statistical analysis of the measured data, leading to self-consistent results. We also compare this method to a transmission estimation obtained with a setup using an electrospray ion source, a high-resolution differential mobility analyzer and an electrometer, which estimates the transmission of the instrument without the CI source. Both methods give different transmission curves, indicating non-negligible mass discrimination effects of the CI source. The absolute transmission of the instrument without the CI source was estimated with the HR-DMA method to plateau between the m∕z range of 127 and 568 Th at around 1.5 %; however, for the CI source included, the depletion method showed a steady increase in relative transmission efficiency from the m∕z range of the primary ion (mainly at 62 Th) to around 550 Th by a factor of around 5. The main advantages of the depletion method are that the instrument is used in the same operation mode as during standard measurements and no knowledge of the absolute amount of the measured substance is necessary, which results in a simple setup.


2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 020602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huanyao Cun ◽  
Annina Spescha ◽  
Adrian Schuler ◽  
Matthias Hengsberger ◽  
Jürg Osterwalder ◽  
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