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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 198-203 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | International Journal of Mass Spectrometry |
Volume | 251 |
Issue number | 2-3 SPEC. ISS. |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
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.
Funders | Funder number |
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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