Collision cooling of ions stored in quadrupole radio-frequency trap

Yoshiki Moriwaki, Maki Tachikawa, Yoshiharu Maeno, Tadao Shimizu

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Abstract

We present a novel model for collisional energy transfer between ions and neutral molecules in the quadrupole radio-frequency trap. Calculated results quantitatively reproduce the dependence of the ion temperature Ti on the buffer gas pressure Pn, observed on Mg+ ions and several collision partners (H2, He, and CH4). It is deduced from the present model that Ti is proportional to Pn1/3 in the low-pressure range below 10-6 Torr, in good agreement with the experimental results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L 1640-L 1643
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
Volume31
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992/11

Keywords

  • Collision cooling
  • Elastic collision
  • Mathieu motion
  • Mg ion
  • Rf heating
  • Rf ion trap

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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