Separation of atomic and molecular ions by ion mobility with an RF carpet
Year of publication
2021
Authors
Miskun, Ivan; Dickel, Timo; San Andrés, Samuel Ayet; Bergmann, Julian; Constantin, Paul; Ebert Jens; Geissel, Hans; Greiner, Florian; Haettner, Emma; Hornung, Christine; Lippert, Wayne; Mardor, Israel; Moore, Iain; Plaß, Wolfgang R.; Purushothaman, Sivaji; Rink, Ann-Kathrin; Reiter, Moritz P.; Scheidenberger, Christoph; Weick, Helmut
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Gas-filled stopping cells are used at accelerator laboratories for the thermalization of high-energy radioactive ion beams. Common challenges of many stopping cells are a high molecular background of extracted ions and limitations of extraction efficiency due to space-charge effects. At the FRS Ion Catcher at GSI, a new technique for removal of ionized molecules prior to their extraction out of the stopping cell has been developed. This technique utilizes the RF carpet for the separation of atomic ions from molecular contaminant ions through their difference in ion mobility. Results from the successful implementation and test during an experiment with a 600 MeV/u 124 Xe primary beam are presented. Suppression of molecular contaminants by three orders of magnitude has been demonstrated. Essentially background-free measurement conditions with less than 1% of background events within a mass-to-charge range of 25 u/e have been achieved. The technique can also be used to reduce the space-charge effects at the extraction nozzle and in the downstream beamline, thus ensuring high efficiency of ion transport and highly-accurate measurements under space-charge-free conditions.
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Publication type
Publication format
Article
Parent publication type
Journal
Article type
Original article
Audience
ScientificPeer-reviewed
Peer-ReviewedMINEDU's publication type classification code
A1 Journal article (refereed), original researchPublication channel information
Publisher
Volume
459
Article number
116450
ISSN
Publication forum
Publication forum level
1
Open access
Open access in the publisher’s service
Yes
Open access of publication channel
Partially open publication channel
Self-archived
Yes
Other information
Fields of science
Physical sciences
Keywords
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Publication country
Netherlands
Internationality of the publisher
International
Language
English
International co-publication
Yes
Co-publication with a company
No
DOI
10.1016/j.ijms.2020.116450
The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection
Yes