Mass measurements on highly charged radioactive ions, a new approach to high precision with TITAN

J. Dilling, R. Baartman, P. Bricault, M. Brodeur, L. Blomeley, F. Buchinger, J. Crawford, J. R. Crespo López-Urrutia, P. Delheij, M. Froese, G. P. Gwinner, Z. Ke, J. K.P. Lee, R. B. Moore, V. Ryjkov, G. Sikler, M. Smith, J. Ullrich, J. Vaz

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Abstract

TITAN (TRIUMF's Ion Trap for Atomic and Nuclear science) is a system of multiple ion traps installed at the radioactive ion beam facility ISAC. The uniqueness of the system lies in the combination of different kinds of ion traps nowhere else available, and the coupling of this system to ISAC as a source of the most intense radioactive beams of very exotic nuclei worldwide. ISAC is now been operational for more than 5 years, and has been proven to be able to deliver a broad variety of radioactive species with unsurpassed production yields, making it the facility of choice for a next generation ion trap facility, like TITAN. The physics goals of TITAN are manifold, but the emphasis lies on the test of the Standard Model via the determination of the Vud CKM matrix element, nuclear structure and halo-nuclei investigations, and nuclear astrophysics by providing precise and accurate mass measurements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)198-203
Number of pages6
JournalInternational Journal of Mass Spectrometry
Volume251
Issue number2-3 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2006
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work is supported by Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Canadian Foundation of Innovation (CFI). The TITAN collaboration wishes to thank Jürgen Kluge for his significant contributions, particularly in the early stages of the TITAN project. At that time Jürgen spent a sabbatical year at TRIUMF and was most instrumental in developing the concept and in bringing the ambitious proposal for TITAN ultimately into reality. Thank you very much, Jürgen.

FundersFunder number
Canadian Foundation of Innovation
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

    Keywords

    • Charge breeding
    • Cooling of highly charged ions
    • EBIT
    • Penning trap mass spectrometry
    • Radioactive beams

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