Simultaneous electrostatic trapping of merged cation & anion beams

Alon Bogot, Oleg Lioubashevski, Oded Heber, Daniel Zajfman, Daniel Strasser*

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Abstract

Simultaneous trapping of merged cation and anion beams in the hybrid electrostatic ion beam trap (HEIBT) opens new opportunities for the study of the interactions of isolated atomic molecular or cluster ions with oppositely charged ionic species. Application of the trapped merged beams requires a detailed understanding of the trapping dynamics and the effect of the Coulombic attractive and repulsive forces between the ions on their motion in the trap. The simultaneous trapping regime is explored experimentally for SF6 anion and SF5+ cation beams and compared to realistic ion trajectory simulations. The respective stability of the simultaneously trapped cation and anion beams is experimentally tracked by nondestructive and mass sensitive image charge monitoring. An approximate analytical potential model is presented for modeling the dynamics of trapped ions, providing insight into the role of ion-ion interactions, and suggesting a simplified mirror design.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)25701-25710
Number of pages10
JournalPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Volume25
Issue number37
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Sep 2023

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