Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 172501 (2009) [4 pages]Why Is Sideband Mass Spectrometry Possible with Ions in a Penning Trap?Received 4 July 2008; published 27 April 2009 Many masses, particularly the masses of unstable nuclei, are measured with ions in Penning traps by determining the frequency of a driving force that most efficiently couples two of the three motions of trapped ions. A missing explanation of why such sideband mass spectroscopy works, contrary to simple estimates, begins with the established Brown-Gabrielse invariance theorem. © 2009 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.172501
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.172501
PACS:
37.10.Ty, 07.75.+h, 21.10.Dr, 32.10.Bi
|
|
About | Terms and Conditions | Subscriptions | Search | Help
Use of the American Physical Society websites and journals implies that the user has read and agrees to our Terms and Conditions and any applicable Subscription Agreement. Physical Review®, Physical Review Letters®, Reviews of Modern Physics®, and Physical Review Special Topics® are trademarks of the American Physical Society.