A perspective of multi‐reflecting TOF MS

AN Verenchikov, VV Makarov… - Mass Spectrometry …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (TOF MS) excels in rapid and high‐sensitivity analysis,
making it a cornerstone of analytical chemistry. But as sample complexity explodes in omics …

[HTML][HTML] Increased beam energy as a pathway towards a highly selective and high-flux MR-ToF mass separator

FM Maier, F Buchinger, L Croquette, P Fischer… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many experiments at radioactive ion beam (RIB) facilities suffer from isobaric contamination,
ie unwanted ions of similar mass. During the last decade, Multi-Reflection Time-of-Flight …

First Glimpse of the Shell Closure below from Masses of Neutron-Rich Cadmium Isotopes and Isomers

V Manea, J Karthein, D Atanasov, M Bender, K Blaum… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
We probe the N= 82 nuclear shell closure by mass measurements of neutron-rich cadmium
isotopes with the ISOLTRAP spectrometer at ISOLDE-CERN. The new mass of Cd 132 offers …

Commissioning and performance of TITAN's Multiple-Reflection Time-of-Flight Mass-Spectrometer and isobar separator

MP Reiter, SA San Andrés, J Bergmann… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2021 - Elsevier
TRIUMF's Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear science (TITAN) has specialized in fast Penning
Trap mass spectrometry of very short-lived radioactive isotopes. The facility has been …

Mass Measurements of Neutron-Deficient Yb Isotopes and Nuclear Structure at the Extreme Proton-Rich Side of the Shell

S Beck, B Kootte, I Dedes, T Dickel, AA Kwiatkowski… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
High-accuracy mass measurements of neutron-deficient Yb isotopes have been performed
at TRIUMF using TITAN's multiple-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MR-TOF-MS) …

The new MRTOF mass spectrograph following the ZeroDegree spectrometer at RIKEN's RIBF facility

M Rosenbusch, M Wada, S Chen, A Takamine… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A newly assembled multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrograph (MRTOF-MS) at
RIKEN's RIBF facility became operational for the first time in spring 2020; further …

Precision Mass Measurements of : Nuclear Collectivity Towards the Island of Inversion

M Mougeot, D Atanasov, K Blaum, K Chrysalidis… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
The neutron-rich isotopes Cr 58–63 were produced for the first time at the ISOLDE facility
and their masses were measured with the ISOLTRAP spectrometer. The new values are up …

Isomeric Excitation Energy for from Mass Spectrometry Reveals Constant Trend Next to Doubly Magic

L Nies, D Atanasov, M Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The excitation energy of the 1/2− isomer in In 99 at N= 50 is measured to be 671 (37) keV
and the mass uncertainty of the 9/2+ ground state is significantly reduced using the …

Crowd control of ions in the Astral analyzer

H Stewart, D Grinfeld, J Petzoldt… - Journal of Mass …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Space charge effects are the Achilles' heel of all high‐resolution ion optical devices.
In time‐of‐flight mass analyzers, these may manifest as reduction of resolving power, mass …

A multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer for the offline ion source of the PUMA experiment

M Schlaich, J Fischer, P Fischer, C Klink… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The antiProton Unstable Matter Annihilation experiment (PUMA) at CERN aims at
investigating the nucleon composition in the matter density tail of radioactive as well as …