Verifying the accuracy of the TITAN Penning-trap mass spectrometer

TITAN (TRIUMF's Ion Traps for Atomic and Nuclear science) is an online facility designed to carry out high-precision mass measurements on singly and highly charged radioactive ions. The TITAN Penning trap has been built and optimized in order to perform such measurements with an accuracy in the sub ppb-range. A detailed characterization of the TITAN Penning trap is presented and a new compensation method is derived and demonstrated, verifying the performance in the range of sub-ppb.

Graphical abstractFigure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload high-quality image (83 K)Download as PowerPoint slideHighlights► Detailed systematic studies of the TITAN Penning trap mass spectrometer. ► New electrical potential compensation method is derived and demonstrated. ► Mass measurements on stable nuclei shows sub-part-per-billion accuracy.