Improved beam diagnostics and optimization at ISAC via TITAN's MR-TOF-MS

M. P. Reiter, F. Ames, C. Andreoiu, S. Ayet San Andrés, C. Babcock, B. R. Barquest, J. Bergmann, J. Bollig, T. Brunner, T. Dickel, J. Dilling, I. Dillmann, E. Dunling, A. Finlay, G. Gwinner, L. Graham, C. Hornung, B. Kootte, R. Klawitter, P. KunzY. Lan, D. Lascar, J. Lassen, E. Leistenschneider, R. Li, J. E. McKay, M. Mostamand, S. F. Paul, W. R. Plaß, C. Scheidenberger, B. E. Schultz, R. Steinbrügge, A. Teigelhoefer, R. Thompson, M. E. Wieser, C. Will, A. A. Kwiatkowski

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Abstract

Determination of the constituents of the radioactive ion beam (RIB) is crucial for successful experiments at low-energy RIB facilities and as such decides the fate of many experiments. Here we present the role of TITAN's Multiple-Reflection Time-Of-Flight Mass Separator (MR-TOF-MS) and how it complements the present capabilities at ISAC-TRIUMF for yield determinations and beam delivery. This non-scanning, broadband, high-resolution mass spectrometer allows for real-time identification and quantification of all species, ranging from radionuclides with half-lives as low as a few ms to stable isotopes and molecules. In this manner it can be efficiently used to optimize RIB delivery through the ISAC mass separator for rate of the species of interest or its ratio to contamination. We present an example of this optimization approach, where the purity of secondary beams of neutron-rich titanium was improved by more than one order of magnitude based on the diagnostics capabilities of the new MR-TOF-MS and thus, allowed for high-precision mass measurements at TITAN.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)431-436
Number of pages6
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume463
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 15 2020
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We would like to thank H.L. Crawford for fruitful discussions on the decay of and the TRIUMF beam delivery and development groups for the development and preparation of the neutron-rich Ti beams. This work is supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Technológico ( CNPq ) under grant 249121/2013-1 , the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers through the Nuclear Astrophysics Virtual Institute ( VH-VI-417 ), Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen and GSI under the JLU-GSI strategic Helmholtz partnership agreement, the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art ( HMWK ) through the LOEWE Center HICforFAIR, the US National Science Foundation under Grant PHY-1419765 , the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under Grant FR 601/3-1 , the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research ( BMBF ) under Contract No. 05P12RGFN8 , 05P15RGFN1 and 05P19RGFN1 and the Canada-UK Foundation . TRIUMF receives federal funding via the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). We would like to thank H.L. Crawford for fruitful discussions on the decay of 54Ti and the TRIUMF beam delivery and development groups for the development and preparation of the neutron-rich Ti beams. This work is supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Technol?gico (CNPq) under grant 249121/2013-1, the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers through the Nuclear Astrophysics Virtual Institute (VH-VI-417), Justus-Liebig-Universit?t Gie?en and GSI under the JLU-GSI strategic Helmholtz partnership agreement, the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art (HMWK) through the LOEWE Center HICforFAIR, the US National Science Foundation under Grant PHY-1419765, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under Grant FR 601/3-1, the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) under Contract No. 05P12RGFN8, 05P15RGFN1 and 05P19RGFN1 and the Canada-UK Foundation. TRIUMF receives federal funding via the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). We would like to thank H.L. Crawford for fruitful discussions on the decay of 54Ti and the TRIUMF beam delivery and development groups for the development and preparation of the neutron-rich Ti beams. This work is supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Technológico (CNPq)under grant 249121/2013-1, the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers through the Nuclear Astrophysics Virtual Institute (VH-VI-417), Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen and GSI under the JLU-GSI strategic Helmholtz partnership agreement, the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art (HMWK)through the LOEWE Center HICforFAIR, the US National Science Foundation under Grant PHY-1419765, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)under Grant FR 601/3-1, the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)under Contract No. 05P12RGFN8, 05P15RGFN1 and 05P19RGFN1 and the Canada-UK Foundation. TRIUMF receives federal funding via the National Research Council of Canada (NRC).

FundersFunder number
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Technol?gico
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Technológico
German Federal Ministry for Education and Research
HMWK
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers
Hessian Ministry for Science and Art
Nuclear Astrophysics Virtual InstituteVH-VI-417
TRIUMF beam delivery and development groups for the development and preparation of the neutron-rich Ti beams
US National Science Foundation
National Science FoundationPHY-1419765
National Science Foundation
Justus Liebig Universität Gießen
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
National Research Council Canada
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftFR 601/3-1
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung05P15RGFN1, 05P12RGFN8, 05P19RGFN1
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico249121/2013-1
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung
Foundation for Canadian Studies in the United Kingdom

    Keywords

    • Beam purification and optimization
    • Isotopic separation on line
    • Low-energy RIB
    • MR-TOF-MS

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