Secondary electron time detector for mass measurements at CSRe
- Received Date: 2009-05-05
- Accepted Date: 2009-08-31
- Available Online: 2010-03-05
Abstract:
The Isochronous Mass Spectrometry is a high accurate mass spectrometer. A secondary electrons time detector has been developed and used for mass measurements. Secondary electrons from a thin carbon foil are accelerated by an electric field and deflected 180° by a magnetic field onto a micro-channel plate. The time detector has been tested with alpha particles and a time resolution of 197 ps (FWHM) was obtained in the laboratory. A mass resolution around 8×10-6 for Δm/m was achieved by using this time detector in a pilot mass measurement experiment.