Using an intense bismuth ion beam for the accumulation of a weighable mass of atoms

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 860-863

  Schlegel, Christian ^a   Ratschko, Dirk ^a   Scholz, Frank ^a   Gläser, Michael ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrostatic devices; Heavy ion beams; Ion optic; Ion sources

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BISMUTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ION BEAMS; ION SOURCES; MEASUREMENTS;

ATOMIC MASS MEASUREMENTS; HEAVY ION BEAMS; ION OPTIC;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EID: 17444365455     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2004.843425     Document Type: Article

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