Exploring the Nuclear Chart via Precision Mass Spectrometry with the TITAN MR-TOF MS
Isotopes at the limits of nuclear existence are of great interest for their critical role in nuclear astrophysical reactions and their exotic structure. Experimentally, exotic nuclides are challenging to address due to their low production cross-sections, overwhelming amounts of contamination, and l...
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| author | Annabelle Czihaly Soenke Beck Julian Bergmann Callum L. Brown Thomas Brunner Timo Dickel Jens Dilling Eleanor Dunling Jake Flowerdew Danny Fusco Leigh Graham Zach Hockenbery Chris Izzo Andrew Jacobs Brian Kootte Yang Lan Stephan Malbrunot-Ettenauer Fernando Maldonado Millán Ali Mollaebrahimi Erich Leistenschneider Eleni Marina Lykiardopoulou Ish Mukul Stefan F. Paul Wolfgang R. Plaß Moritz Pascal Reiter Christoph Scheidenberger James L. Tracy A. A. Kwiatkowski |
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| description | Isotopes at the limits of nuclear existence are of great interest for their critical role in nuclear astrophysical reactions and their exotic structure. Experimentally, exotic nuclides are challenging to address due to their low production cross-sections, overwhelming amounts of contamination, and lifetimes of typically less than a second. To this end, a Multiple-Reflection Time-of-Flight mass spectrometer at the TITAN-TRIUMF facility was built to determine atomic masses. This device is the preferred tool to work with exotic nuclides due to its ability to resolve the species of interest from contamination and short measurement cycle times, enabling mass measurements of isotopes with millisecond half-lives. With a relative precision of the order 10<sup>−7</sup>, we demonstrate why the TITAN MR-TOF MS is the tool of choice for precision mass surveys for nuclear structure and astrophysics. The capabilities of the device are showcased in this work, including new mass measurements of short-lived tin isotopes (<sup>104–107</sup>Sn) approaching the proton dripline as well as <sup>89</sup>Zr, <sup>90</sup>Y, and <sup>91</sup>Y. The last three illustrate how the broadband surveys of MR-TOF MS reach beyond the species of immediate interest. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cee23c543ad94f31929b800a1f72af9b2025-01-24T13:22:05ZengMDPI AGAtoms2218-20042025-01-01131610.3390/atoms13010006Exploring the Nuclear Chart via Precision Mass Spectrometry with the TITAN MR-TOF MSAnnabelle Czihaly0Soenke Beck1Julian Bergmann2Callum L. Brown3Thomas Brunner4Timo Dickel5Jens Dilling6Eleanor Dunling7Jake Flowerdew8Danny Fusco9Leigh Graham10Zach Hockenbery11Chris Izzo12Andrew Jacobs13Brian Kootte14Yang Lan15Stephan Malbrunot-Ettenauer16Fernando Maldonado Millán17Ali Mollaebrahimi18Erich Leistenschneider19Eleni Marina Lykiardopoulou20Ish Mukul21Stefan F. Paul22Wolfgang R. Plaß23Moritz Pascal Reiter24Christoph Scheidenberger25James L. Tracy26A. A. Kwiatkowski27TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaDepartment of Physics, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Gießen, GermanyDepartment of Physics, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Gießen, GermanySchool of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UKTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaDepartment of Physics, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Gießen, GermanyTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaCERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1211 Geneva 23, SwitzerlandTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaDepartment of Physics, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Gießen, GermanyTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaDepartment of Physics, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Gießen, GermanyTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaTRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, CanadaIsotopes at the limits of nuclear existence are of great interest for their critical role in nuclear astrophysical reactions and their exotic structure. Experimentally, exotic nuclides are challenging to address due to their low production cross-sections, overwhelming amounts of contamination, and lifetimes of typically less than a second. To this end, a Multiple-Reflection Time-of-Flight mass spectrometer at the TITAN-TRIUMF facility was built to determine atomic masses. This device is the preferred tool to work with exotic nuclides due to its ability to resolve the species of interest from contamination and short measurement cycle times, enabling mass measurements of isotopes with millisecond half-lives. With a relative precision of the order 10<sup>−7</sup>, we demonstrate why the TITAN MR-TOF MS is the tool of choice for precision mass surveys for nuclear structure and astrophysics. The capabilities of the device are showcased in this work, including new mass measurements of short-lived tin isotopes (<sup>104–107</sup>Sn) approaching the proton dripline as well as <sup>89</sup>Zr, <sup>90</sup>Y, and <sup>91</sup>Y. The last three illustrate how the broadband surveys of MR-TOF MS reach beyond the species of immediate interest.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-2004/13/1/6mass spectrometryproton driplinetime-of-flight mass spectrometryion trapsradioactive ion beamsexperimental nuclear physics |
| spellingShingle | Annabelle Czihaly Soenke Beck Julian Bergmann Callum L. Brown Thomas Brunner Timo Dickel Jens Dilling Eleanor Dunling Jake Flowerdew Danny Fusco Leigh Graham Zach Hockenbery Chris Izzo Andrew Jacobs Brian Kootte Yang Lan Stephan Malbrunot-Ettenauer Fernando Maldonado Millán Ali Mollaebrahimi Erich Leistenschneider Eleni Marina Lykiardopoulou Ish Mukul Stefan F. Paul Wolfgang R. Plaß Moritz Pascal Reiter Christoph Scheidenberger James L. Tracy A. A. Kwiatkowski Exploring the Nuclear Chart via Precision Mass Spectrometry with the TITAN MR-TOF MS Atoms mass spectrometry proton dripline time-of-flight mass spectrometry ion traps radioactive ion beams experimental nuclear physics |
| title | Exploring the Nuclear Chart via Precision Mass Spectrometry with the TITAN MR-TOF MS |
| title_full | Exploring the Nuclear Chart via Precision Mass Spectrometry with the TITAN MR-TOF MS |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the Nuclear Chart via Precision Mass Spectrometry with the TITAN MR-TOF MS |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the Nuclear Chart via Precision Mass Spectrometry with the TITAN MR-TOF MS |
| title_short | Exploring the Nuclear Chart via Precision Mass Spectrometry with the TITAN MR-TOF MS |
| title_sort | exploring the nuclear chart via precision mass spectrometry with the titan mr tof ms |
| topic | mass spectrometry proton dripline time-of-flight mass spectrometry ion traps radioactive ion beams experimental nuclear physics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-2004/13/1/6 |
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