Development of Printed Circuit Board Radio Frequency Quadrupole (PCB RFQ) Ion Traps for High Precision Mass Spectrometry

用于高精度质谱分析的印刷电路板射频四极杆 (PCB RFQ) 离子阱的开发

• 批准号: ST/X004953/1
• 负责人: Moritz Pascal Reiter
• 金额: $ 5.87万
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FX004953%2F1
• 关键词: Development; Printed; Circuit; Board; Radio

We propose to develop novel types of ion traps using printed circuit board technology. Choosing PCB manufacturing over traditional manufacturing makes these novel ion traps precise, robust and cost effective. First prototypes have been build and commissioned at the University of Edinburgh. An open challenge is the outgassing and vacuum behaviour of those new ion traps. In this grant we request funds to systematically investigate the performance of the prototype ion trap build. The results will guide the development and construction of a new RFQ beam line and injection trap based on PCB RFQs. The new system will boost the sensitivity and resolving power of the FRS Ion Catcher at GSI and enable new mass measurements of very exotic nuclei at the limits of nuclear binding. This will give insights into nuclear structure and shape our understanding of the atomic nucleus.

我们建议使用印刷电路板技术开发新型离子阱。选择PCB制造而不是传统制造，使这些新型离子阱精确、坚固且具有成本效益。第一个原型已经在爱丁堡大学建造和委托。一个公开的挑战是这些新离子阱的放气和真空行为。在这项资助中，我们要求资金系统地调查原型离子阱的性能。研究结果将指导基于PCB RFQs的新型双光束线和注入阱的开发和构建。新系统将提高GSI FRS离子捕获器的灵敏度和分辨率，并在核结合的极限下对非常奇异的核进行新的质量测量。这将使我们深入了解核结构，并塑造我们对原子核的理解。