Diversifying beam species through decay and recapture ion trapping: A demonstrative experiment at TITAN-EBIT

E. Leistenschneider, R. Klawitter, A. Lennarz, M. Alanssari, J. C. Bale, B. R. Barquest, U. Chowdhury, A. Finlay, A. T. Gallant, B. Kootte, D. Lascar, K. G. Leach, A. J. Mayer, D. Short, C. Andreoiu, G. Gwinner, M. E. Wieser, J. Dilling, A. A. Kwiatkowski

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Abstract

Recapturing the recoiling daughters from radioactive decay can be a simple way to diversify beam availability at rare isotope beam facilities. In the decay and recapture ion trapping (DRIT) technique, a parent species is stored in an ion trap and left to decay, and the daughter ions are recaptured by the trap and become available for use. We successfully demonstrated the technique using the electron beam ion trap (EBIT) at the TITAN facility. A pure cloud of 30Mg ions was stored in the EBIT for about one half-life and sent to a Penning trap mass spectrometer, which confirmed the production of 30Al daughter ions. Systematic measurements and simulations suggest high recapture efficiencies of the recoil ion and little influence of the recoiling energy in the observed losses. With the secondary beam, we also performed precision mass measurements of the parent 30Mg8+ and the daughter 30Al11+ ions. Our results agree with the literature and improve its precision. The success of this experiment shows that EBITs can produce high-quality beams through the DRIT technique.

Original languageEnglish
Article number045113
JournalJournal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Volume47
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

Funding

Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the . Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. Canada Foundation for Innovation https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000196 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient�fico e Tecnol�gico https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003593 249121/2013-1 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000038 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 FR 601/3-1 yes � 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence

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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient�fico e Tecnol�gicohttps://doi.org/10.13039/501100003593 249121/2013-1, FR 601/3-1

    Keywords

    • ion trapping
    • mass spectrometry
    • radioactive ion beams

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