Effects of spatial nonuniformity of superconducting-tunnel-junction ion detectors on mass spectroscopy

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART I, 2005, Pages 932-935

  Ohkubo, M ^a   Ukibe, M ^a   Saito, N ^a   Kushino, A ^a   Ichimura, S ^a   Friedrich, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass spectroscopy; Particle detectors; Superconducting radiation detectors; Superconductor insulator superconductor devices

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; DNA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ETCHING; ION BEAMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHONONS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; TANTALUM;

ENERGY DEPOSITION; MICROCHANNEL PLATE (MCP); SUPERCONDUCTING RADIATION DETECTORS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROSCOPY (TOF-MS);

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 22044449345     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.850126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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