Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

TITAN: an ion trap for accurate mass measurements of ms-half-life nuclides

Applied Physics B volume 114, pages 99–105 (2014)Cite this article

Abstract

The introduction of Paul traps, in particular linear radio-frequency quadrupoles in the early 2000s, has revolutionized the use of ion traps for probing the properties of radioactive nuclides. It opened the path to trapping all available nuclides, independent of their chemical properties. We present an overview of direct mass measurements of short-lived nuclides using TITAN, a Penning trap mass spectrometer facility particularly suitable for precision measurements of ms-half-life nuclides.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

Access options

Buy single article

Instant access to the full article PDF.

USD 39.95

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5

Notes

  1. All of the half-lives mentioned in this article are taken from [26].

References

  1. K. Blaum, Phys. Rep. 425, 1 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. D. Lunney et al., Rev. Mod. Phys. 75, 1021 (2003)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. H. Schatz, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 251, 293 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. K. Blaum, J. Dilling, W. Nörtershäuser, Phys. Scr. T 152, 014017 (2013)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Wolfgang Paul—Nobel Lecture: Electromagnetic Traps for Charged and Neutral Particles, Nobel Lectures in Physics 1981–1990 (World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1993)

  6. F. Herfurth et al., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. A 469, 254 (2001)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. T. Brunner et al., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. A 676, 32 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. K. Blaum, Y.N. Novikov, G. Werth, Contemp. Phys. 51(2), 149 (2010)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. I. Tanihata, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. B 266, 4067 (2008)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Y. Blumenfeld, T. Nilsson, P. Van Duppen, Phys. Scr. T 152, 014023 (2013)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. M. Mukherjee et al., Eur. Phys. J. A 35, 1 (2008)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. G. Savard et al., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 251, 252 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. M. Block et al., Eur. Phys. J. D 45, 39 (2007)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. V.S. Kolhinen et al., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. A 528, 776 (2004)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. R. Ringle et al., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. A 604, 536 (2009)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. J. Dilling et al., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 251, 198 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. J. Ketelaer et al., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. A 594, 162 (2008)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. T. Eronen et al., Phys. Rev. C 79, 032802(R) (2009)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. S. Rainville et al., Nature 438, 1096 (2005)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. M. Brodeur et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 052504 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  21. E. Minaya Ramirez et al., Science 337, 1207 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  22. M. Smith et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 202501 (2008)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  23. A. Kellerbauer et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 072502 (2004)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  24. S. Naimi et al., Phys. Rev. C 86, 014325 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  25. M. Wang et al., Chin. Phys. C 36, 1603 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  26. J.K. Tuli, Nuclear wallet cards http://www.nndc.bnl.gov (2005)

  27. M.C. Simon et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 02A912 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. V.V. Simon et al., J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 312, 052024 (2011)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  29. M. Dombsky et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 71, 978 (2000)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  30. R. Kirchner et al., Nucl. Instrum. Methods 133(2), 187 (1976)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  31. K. Jayamanna et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 67, 1061 (1996)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  32. N.W. McLachlan, Theory and Applications of Mathieu Functions. (Clarendon, Oxford, 1947)

    Google Scholar 

  33. M. Drewsen, A. Brøner, Phys. Rev. A 62, 045401 (2000)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  34. N.V. Konenkov et al., J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 13, 597 (2002)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  35. L.S. Brown, G. Gabrielse, Rev. Mod. Phys. 58, 233 (1986)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  36. M. König et al., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 142, 95 (1995)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  37. G. Bollen et al., J. Appl. Phys. 68, 4355 (1990)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  38. G. Bollen, Nucl. Phys. A 693, 3 (2001)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  39. G. Savard et al., Phys. Lett. A 158, 247 (1991)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  40. R. Ringle et al., Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 263, 38 (2007)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  41. A. Kellerbauer et al., Eur. Phys. J. D 22, 53 (2003)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  42. T. Baumann et al., Nature 449, 1022 (2007)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  43. R. Sanchez et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 033002 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  44. T. Nakamura et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 252502 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  45. S. Ettenauer et al., Phys. Rev. C 81, 024314 (2010)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  46. A. Krieger et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 142501 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  47. M.F. Jager et al., Phys. Rev. C 86, 011304(R) (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  48. E.K. Warburton, J.A. Becker, B.A. Brown, Phys. Rev. C 41, 1147 (1990)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  49. W. Plaß et al., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. B 266, 4560 (2008)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

This work has been supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada and the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada. T.B. acknowledges support from evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Villigst, A.T.G. acknowledges from the NSERC CGS-D program, T.D.M. from the NSERC CGS-M program, A. L. from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under Grant no. FR 601/3-1, S.E. from the Vanier CGS program, and V.V.S. from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. We thank M. Good for providing technical support for the TITAN experiment.

Author information

Author notes

  1. T. Brunner

    Present address: Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

  2. S. Ettenauer

    Present address: Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2A3, Canada

    A. Chaudhuri, T. Brunner, U. Chowdhury, S. Ettenauer, A. T. Gallant, A. Grossheim, R. Klawitter, A. A. Kwiatkowski, K. G. Leach, A. Lennarz, T. D. Macdonald, B. E. Schultz, V. V. Simon, M. C. Simon & J. Dilling

  2. Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada

    C. Andreoiu

  3. National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    M. Brodeur & R. Ringle

  4. Physik Department E12, Technische Universität München, 85748, Garching, Germany

    T. Brunner

  5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada

    U. Chowdhury & G. Gwinner

  6. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada

    S. Ettenauer, A. T. Gallant, T. D. Macdonald & J. Dilling

  7. Institut für Kernphysik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, 48149, Münster, Germany

    A. Lennarz

  8. CSNSM-IN2P3-CNRS, Université de Paris Sud, Orsay, France

    D. Lunney

  9. Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany

    R. Klawitter & V. V. Simon

  10. Department of Physics, The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA

    M. Brodeur

Authors
  1. A. Chaudhuri
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. C. Andreoiu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. M. Brodeur
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. T. Brunner
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. U. Chowdhury
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. S. Ettenauer
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. A. T. Gallant
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. A. Grossheim
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. G. Gwinner
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. R. Klawitter
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  11. A. A. Kwiatkowski
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  12. K. G. Leach
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  13. A. Lennarz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  14. D. Lunney
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  15. T. D. Macdonald
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  16. R. Ringle
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  17. B. E. Schultz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  18. V. V. Simon
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  19. M. C. Simon
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  20. J. Dilling
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. Chaudhuri.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and Permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Chaudhuri, A., Andreoiu, C., Brodeur, M. et al. TITAN: an ion trap for accurate mass measurements of ms-half-life nuclides. Appl. Phys. B 114, 99–105 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-013-5618-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-013-5618-8

Keywords

search

Navigation