Publications
Beam purification by photodetachment
- Author(s)
- Y. Liu, Pontus Andersson, James R. Beene, Oliver Forstner, Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri, Tina Gottwald, Dag Hanstorp, Charles C. Havener, Anton Lindahl, Klaus Wendt
- Abstract
Ion beam purity is of crucial importance to many basic and applied studies in nuclear science. Selective photodetachment has been proposed to suppress unwanted species in negative ion beams while preserving the intensity of the species of interest. A highly efficient technique based on photodetachment in a gas-filled radio frequency quadrupole ion cooler has been demonstrated. In off-line experiments with stable ions, up to 10(4) times suppression of the isobar contaminants in a number of interesting radioactive negative ion beams has been demonstrated. For selected species, this technique promises new experimental possibilities in studies on exotic nuclei, accelerator mass spectrometry, and fundamental properties of negative atomic and molecular ions.
- Organisation(s)
- Isotope Physics
- External organisation(s)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory , University of Vienna, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, University of Gothenburg
- Journal
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Volume
- 83
- No. of pages
- 5
- ISSN
- 0034-6748
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3671747
- Publication date
- 2012
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103014 Nuclear physics
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/8494e90b-7a36-4a34-b93a-a61123761f56