A method of computing accurate 3d fields of a quadrupole mass filter and their use for prediction of filter behavior

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1593-1601

  Gibson, John R ^a   Evans, Kenneth G ^a   Syed, Sarfaraz U ^a   Maher, Simon ^a   Taylor, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 Dimensional; Fringe fields; QMF

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; FIELD VALUES; FILTER PERFORMANCE; FRINGE FIELDS; ION MASS; QMF; QUADRUPOLE MASS FILTERS;

SPECTROSCOPY;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FILTER; FILTER DESIGN; FRINGE FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; QUADRUPOLE MASS FILTER; THREE DIMENSIONAL FIELD;

EID: 84865705206     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0426-7     Document Type: Article

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