Modellingmass analyzer performance with fields determined using the boundary elementmethod

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 364-371

  Gibson, J Raymond ^a   Evans, Kenneth G ^a   Taylor, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BEM; Electric fields; Ion trap; Mass analyser; QMS

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR SYMMETRY; COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTER MODELLING; FIELD COMPUTATION; FIELD VALUES; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FINITE ELEMENTS; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETER; ION TRAPS; MEMORY REQUIREMENTS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PLANAR SECTIONS; QUADRUPOLE MASS FILTERS; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER; SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

ACCURACY; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

EID: 77950624539     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.1720     Document Type: Article

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