The new MRTOF mass spectrograph following the ZeroDegree spectrometer at RIKEN's RIBF facility
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/ Authors
M. Rosenbusch, M. Wada, S. Chen, A. Takamine, S. Iimura, D. Hou, W. Xian, S. Yan, P. Schury, Y. Hirayama
and 16 more authors
Y. Ito, H. Ishiyama, S. Kimura, T. Kojima, J. Lee, J. Liu, S. Michimasa, H. Miyatake, M. Mukai, J. Y. Moon, S. Nishimura, S. Naimi, T. Niwase, T. Sonoda, Y. X. Watanabe, H. Wollnik
/ Abstract
A newly assembled multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrograph (MRTOF-MS) at RIKEN's RIBF facility became operational for the first time in spring 2020; further modifications and performance tests using stable ions were completed in early 2021. By using a pulsed-drift-tube technique to modify the ions' kinetic energy in a wide range, we directly characterize the dispersion function of the system for use in a new procedure for optimizing the voltages applied to the electrostatic mirrors. Thus far, a mass resolving power of $R_m > 1\,000\,000$ is reached within a total time-of-flight of only $12.5\,\mathrm{ms}$, making the spectrometer capable of studying short-lived nuclei possessing low-lying isomers. Detailed information about the setup and measurement procedure is reported, and an alternative in-MRTOF ion selection scheme to remove molecular contaminants in the absence of a dedicated deflection device is introduced. The setup underwent an initial on-line commissioning at the BigRIPS facility at the end of 2020, where more than 70 nuclear masses have been measured. A summary of the commissioning experiments and results from a test of mass accuracy will be presented.