@article{374591bba651438b9dc095721b7f85c3,
title = "Improved beam diagnostics and optimization at ISAC via TITAN's MR-TOF-MS",
abstract = "Determination of the constituents of the radioactive ion beam (RIB) is crucial for successful experiments at low-energy RIB facilities and as such decides the fate of many experiments. Here we present the role of TITAN's Multiple-Reflection Time-Of-Flight Mass Separator (MR-TOF-MS) and how it complements the present capabilities at ISAC-TRIUMF for yield determinations and beam delivery. This non-scanning, broadband, high-resolution mass spectrometer allows for real-time identification and quantification of all species, ranging from radionuclides with half-lives as low as a few ms to stable isotopes and molecules. In this manner it can be efficiently used to optimize RIB delivery through the ISAC mass separator for rate of the species of interest or its ratio to contamination. We present an example of this optimization approach, where the purity of secondary beams of neutron-rich titanium was improved by more than one order of magnitude based on the diagnostics capabilities of the new MR-TOF-MS and thus, allowed for high-precision mass measurements at TITAN.",
keywords = "Beam purification and optimization, Isotopic separation on line, Low-energy RIB, MR-TOF-MS",
author = "Reiter, {M. P.} and F. Ames and C. Andreoiu and {Ayet San Andr{\'e}s}, S. and C. Babcock and Barquest, {B. R.} and J. Bergmann and J. Bollig and T. Brunner and T. Dickel and J. Dilling and I. Dillmann and E. Dunling and A. Finlay and G. Gwinner and L. Graham and C. Hornung and B. Kootte and R. Klawitter and P. Kunz and Y. Lan and D. Lascar and J. Lassen and E. Leistenschneider and R. Li and McKay, {J. E.} and M. Mostamand and Paul, {S. F.} and Pla{\ss}, {W. R.} and C. Scheidenberger and Schultz, {B. E.} and R. Steinbr{\"u}gge and A. Teigelhoefer and R. Thompson and Wieser, {M. E.} and C. Will and Kwiatkowski, {A. A.}",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank H.L. Crawford for fruitful discussions on the decay of and the TRIUMF beam delivery and development groups for the development and preparation of the neutron-rich Ti beams. This work is supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient{\'i}fico e Technol{\'o}gico ( CNPq ) under grant 249121/2013-1 , the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers through the Nuclear Astrophysics Virtual Institute ( VH-VI-417 ), Justus-Liebig-Universit{\"a}t Gie{\ss}en and GSI under the JLU-GSI strategic Helmholtz partnership agreement, the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art ( HMWK ) through the LOEWE Center HICforFAIR, the US National Science Foundation under Grant PHY-1419765 , the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under Grant FR 601/3-1 , the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research ( BMBF ) under Contract No. 05P12RGFN8 , 05P15RGFN1 and 05P19RGFN1 and the Canada-UK Foundation . TRIUMF receives federal funding via the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). Funding Information: We would like to thank H.L. Crawford for fruitful discussions on the decay of 54Ti and the TRIUMF beam delivery and development groups for the development and preparation of the neutron-rich Ti beams. This work is supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Technol?gico (CNPq) under grant 249121/2013-1, the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers through the Nuclear Astrophysics Virtual Institute (VH-VI-417), Justus-Liebig-Universit?t Gie?en and GSI under the JLU-GSI strategic Helmholtz partnership agreement, the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art (HMWK) through the LOEWE Center HICforFAIR, the US National Science Foundation under Grant PHY-1419765, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under Grant FR 601/3-1, the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) under Contract No. 05P12RGFN8, 05P15RGFN1 and 05P19RGFN1 and the Canada-UK Foundation. TRIUMF receives federal funding via the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). Funding Information: We would like to thank H.L. Crawford for fruitful discussions on the decay of 54Ti and the TRIUMF beam delivery and development groups for the development and preparation of the neutron-rich Ti beams. This work is supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient{\'i}fico e Technol{\'o}gico (CNPq)under grant 249121/2013-1, the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers through the Nuclear Astrophysics Virtual Institute (VH-VI-417), Justus-Liebig-Universit{\"a}t Gie{\ss}en and GSI under the JLU-GSI strategic Helmholtz partnership agreement, the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art (HMWK)through the LOEWE Center HICforFAIR, the US National Science Foundation under Grant PHY-1419765, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)under Grant FR 601/3-1, the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)under Contract No. 05P12RGFN8, 05P15RGFN1 and 05P19RGFN1 and the Canada-UK Foundation. TRIUMF receives federal funding via the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1016/j.nimb.2019.04.034",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "463",
pages = "431--436",
journal = "Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms",
issn = "0168-583X",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}