A cooler ion trap for the TITAN on-line trapping facility at TRIUMF

We present simulations of electron and proton cooling of highly charged ions in a Penning trap, including the potentially detrimental effects of radiative, dielectronic, and three-body recombination in electron cooling. We show a preliminary design for a cooler trap accommodating both electron and proton cooling, which will be a component of the TITAN ion-trap facility under construction at TRIUMF for precision mass measurements of short-lived radioactive nuclei.      

电子束离子阱光谱标定和Ar13+离子M1跃迁波长精密测量

高电荷态离子精细结构跃迁波长的精密测量不仅可以检验量子电动力学(quantum electrodynamics,QED)效应、电子关联效应等基本物理模型,还能够为天体物理、聚变等离子体物理甚至高电荷态离子光钟等研究提供关键原子物理数据.本工作基于复旦大学现代物理研究所的高温超导电子束离子阱(SHHtscEBIT)装置,搭建了一套新的光谱校刻系统,并结合内校刻与外校刻的方法对其光谱波长测量的不确定度进行了评估,新的光谱校刻系统在可见光波段引起的波长不确定度最低达到0.002 nm.在此基础上,使用SH-HtscEBIT装置结合新的校刻系统开展了Ar1³⁺离子1s²2s²2p²P_1/2—²P_3/2磁偶极跃迁(M1)波长的精密测量,实验测得该跃迁波长为(441.2567±0.0026) nm,是目前SH-HtscEBIT上测量精度最高的实验结果,为下一步开展高电荷态离子超精细分裂和同位素位移等精密测量实验奠定了基础.     

Resonant electron impact excitation of highly charged Fe ions studied with a compact electron beam ion trap

We present extreme ultraviolet spectra of 3s3p–3s3d transitions in Fe¹⁴⁺ observed with a compact electron beam ion trap. The contributions of indirect excitation via a metastable state and resonant excitation are studied by observing the electron energy dependence of the spectra for the energy range of 60–210 eV. The results indicate that the 3s3d ¹D₂ level is directly excited from the 3s² ground state whereas the 3s3d ³D₃ level has a large contribution of the indirect excitation via the 3s3p ³P₂ metastable state. Comparisons with the theoretical excitation cross sections including MNn resonant excitations show good qualitative agreement with the experimental results for the electron energy dependent features.     

Model study of electron beam charge compensation for positive secondary ion mass spectrometry using a positive primary ion beam

A new modeling approach has been developed to assist in the SIMS analysis of insulating samples. This approach provides information on the charging phenomena occurring when electron and positive primary ion beams impact a low conductivity material held at a high positive potential. The concept of effective leakage resistance aids in the understanding of the dynamic electrical properties of an insulating sample under dynamic analysis conditions. Modeling of steady state electron beam charge compensation involves investigation of electron injection and charge drift. Using a Monte Carlo program to simulate electron injection and dc conduction calculations to predict charge drift, detailed information regarding charging phenomena can be determined.     

Production of highly charged argon ions from a room temperature electron beam ion trap

In this work.highly charged ions have been extracted from the advanced Electron Beam Ion Source (EBIS-A) developed in a scientific cooperation between the Dresden University of Technology and the DREEBIT GmbH Dresden.The charge state distributions of ions extracted from the EBIS-A are measured in and extracted in the leaky mode.3×105 Ar18+ ions per pulse are extracted in the pulse mode.The ion charge state distribution is a function of the ionization time.