A commercial, position-sensitive ion detector was used for the first time for the time-of-flight ion-cyclotron resonance detection technique in Penning trap mass spectrometry. In this work, the characteristics of the detector and its implementation in a Penning trap mass spectrometer will be presented. In addition, simulations and experimental studies concerning the observation of ions ejected from a Penning trap are described. This will allow for a precise monitoring of the state of ion motion in the trap.
@article{arxiv.0906.0338,
title = {Position-sensitive ion detection in precision Penning trap mass spectrometry},
author = {G. Eitel and M. Block and A. Czasch and M. Dworschak and S. George and O. Jagutzki and J. Ketelaer and J. Ketter and Sz. Nagy and D. Rodriguez and C. Smorra and K. Blaum},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.0338},
year = {2009}
}