Abstract
An experimental capability is being developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Multi-Charged Ion Research Facility (ORNL MIRF) to enable stored cooling and state characterization of molecular ions of essentially any mass. Ions selected from a variety of available sources are injected from the side into a 1.5 meter long electrostatic mirror trap, where excited internal states are cooled by radiative cooling. An electron beam target located near the middle of the ion-trap region, coupled with neutral fragment imaging detector systems at each end of the trap, permits state-specific studies of electron-molecular ion dissociation.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 142010 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
| Volume | 194 |
| Issue number | 14 |
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| State | Published - Dec 24 2009 |
| Event | 26th International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions - Kalamazoo, United States Duration: Jul 22 2009 → Jul 28 2009 |
Funding
Research sponsored by the U. S. DOE, OBES, under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with UT-Battelle, LLC. *Author SD gratefully acknowledges support from the ORNL Postdoctoral Research Associates Program administered jointly by Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education and ORNL.