Passive Electrostatic Recycling Spectrometer of Desk-Top Size for Charged Particles of Low Kinetic Energy

Journal Article · Fri Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2007 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.99.253201· OSTI ID:21024614

Tessier, D R; Niu, Y; Seccombe, D P; Reddish, T J ^[1]; Alderman, A J; Birdsey, B G; Hammond, P ^[2]; Read, F H ^[3]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4 (Canada)
2. CAMSP, School of Physics, University of Western Australia, Crawley WA 6009 (Australia)
3. School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL (United Kingdom)

A passive electrostatic recycling spectrometer for charged particles is described and demonstrated to store electrons with typical kinetic energies of tens of eV. The design of the charged particle optics and the basic operating characteristics of the storage ring are discussed. The storage lifetime achieved is {approx}50 {mu}s, which is target gas pressure limited and corresponds to {approx}200 orbits of the 0.65 m orbital circumference. The storage ring also has controllable energy dispersive elements enabling it to operate as a spectroscopic device.

• OSTI ID: 21024614
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 99, Issue 25; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.253201; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CHARGED PARTICLES
ELECTRONS
KINETIC ENERGY
LIFETIME
SPECTROMETERS
STORAGE RINGS