Atomic clusters and ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry: A fruitful combination

European Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 457-468

  Schweikhard, Lutz ^a   Blaum, Klaus ^b,c   Herlert, Alexander ^a,d   Marx, Gerrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atomic clusters; Calibration; Carbon clusters; Ion cyclotron resonance; Ion storage; Non neutral plasma; Nuclear masses; Penning trap; Radioactive beams; Short lived nuclei

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144446871     PISSN: 14690667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/ejms.744     Document Type: Conference Paper

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