Progress at the TITAN-EBIT

R. Klawitter, M. Alanssari, U. Chowdhury, A. Chaudhuri, J. R.Crespo López-Urrutia, S. Ettenauer, A. T. Gallant, A. Grossheim, G. Gwinner, A. A. Kwiatkowski, K. Leach, A. Lennarz, T. D. Macdonald, M. C. Simon, B. E. Schultz, S. Seeraji, C. Andreoiu, D. Frekers, J. Dilling

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Abstract

Precision mass measurements of short-lived isotopes provide insight into a wide array of physics, including nuclear structure, nucleosynthesis, and tests of the Standard Model. The precision of Penning trap mass spectrometry (PTMS) measurements is limited by the lifetime of the isotopes of interest, but scales proportionally with their charge state q, making highly charged ions attractive for mass measurements of nuclides far from stability. TITAN, TRIUMF's Ion Trap(s) for Atomic and Nuclear science, is currently the only setup in the world coupling an EBIT to a rare isotope facility for the purpose of PTMS. Charge breeding ions for Penning trap mass spectrometry, however, entails specific set of challenges. To make use of its potential, efficiencies have to be high, breeding times have to be short and the ion energy spread has to be small. An overview of the TITAN facility and charge-breeding program is given, current and future developments are highlighted and some selected results are presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the XII International Symposium on Electron Beam Ion Sources and Traps, EBIST 2014
EditorsThomas M. Baumann, Stefan Schwarz, Alain Lapierre
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
Pages112-119
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9780735412798
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event12th International Symposium on Electron Beam Ion Sources and Traps, EBIST 2014 - East Lansing, United States
Duration: May 18 2014May 21 2014

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1640
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference12th International Symposium on Electron Beam Ion Sources and Traps, EBIST 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityEast Lansing
Period05/18/1405/21/14

Keywords

  • Charge breeder
  • Charge breeding
  • Decay spectroscopy
  • EBIS
  • EBIT
  • Exotic isotopes
  • High-precision mass measurements
  • Highly charged ions
  • Ion traps
  • mass spectrometry
  • Penning trap
  • Radio-nuclides EBIT
  • Radioactive isotopes

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