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An advanced in-trap deflector for background-free nuclear mass measurements

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K13951
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 15020:Experimental studies related to particle-, nuclear-, cosmic ray and astro-physics
Research InstitutionHigh Energy Accelerator Research Organization

Principal Investigator

Rosenbusch Marco  大学共同利用機関法人高エネルギー加速器研究機構, 素粒子原子核研究所, 特任助教 (50790945)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
KeywordsNuclear Structure / Nuclear Astrophysics / Ion Traps / Ion Manipulation / MRTOF-MS / Isotope Separation / Background Reduction / in-MRTOF ion selection / mass spectrometry / ion separation methods / decay-spectroscopy / ion background reduction / MRTOF質量分光器 / 原子核質量 / 低エネルギー実験 / 多粒子シミュレーション / イオン選別技術
Outline of Research at the Start

The study of rare exotic isotope masses is a fundamental tool to study nuclear interactions at the outskirts of the nuclear chart. Multi-reflection time-of-flight mass measurements of new rare species become challenging as the yields are particularly low. Future success requires background-free measurements enabled by effective and precise techniques for ion separation during storage. In this research project an in-trap deflector for multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometry will be developed and used to suppress ionic background and to measure rare ions produced at BigRIPS/RIKEN.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, a new in-MRTOF deflector (IMD) for the on-line multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrographs (MRTOF-MS) at RIKEN/RIBF has been developed. The new deflection system has been successfully installed, tested, and applied in on-line nuclear mass measurements at the BigRIPS separator.
Using the new IMD, several chosen ion-mass units could be transmitted to the TOF detector, while all other ions were ejected. This new system allowed for overwhelmingly clean ion spectra in the experiments RIBF199 and RIBF202 (see RIKEN RIBF experiments), where the masses of 73Ni - 75Ni have been measured simultaneously. IMD systems have been installed in three MRTOF systems and allowed for successful online mass measurements. At the GARIS-II separator, the superheavy element masses for 257,258Db have been measured using the IMD. Furthermore, the IMD allowed for the first systematic measurements of the electrical charge state formed for different chemical elements in a helium gas.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

In this research project, a new tool was developed to obtain backgound-free spectra in an MRTOF mass spectrometer for radioactive ions. Mass measurements of exotic nuclei are a fundamental tool for the study of nuclear properties far away from stability, astrophysics, and fundamental interactions.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 2 results) Remarks (1 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Study of the N = 32 and N = 34 Shell Gap for Ti and V by the First High-Precision Multireflection Time-of-Flight Mass Measurements at BigRIPS-SLOWRI2023

    • Author(s)
      Iimura S.、Rosenbusch M.、Takamine A.、Tsunoda Y.、Wada M.、Chen S.、Hou D.S.、Xian W.、Ishiyama H.、Yan S.、Schury P.、Crawford H.、Doornenbal P.、Hirayama Y.、Ito Y.、Kimura S.、Koiwai T.、Kojima T.M.、Koura H.、Lee J.、Liu J.、Michimasa S.、Miyatake H.、Moon J.Y.、Naimi S.、Nishimura S. et al.
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review Letters

      Volume: 130 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-6

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevlett.130.012501

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The new MRTOF mass spectrograph following the ZeroDegree spectrometer at RIKEN’s RIBF facility2023

    • Author(s)
      Rosenbusch M.、Wada M.、Chen S.、Takamine A.、Iimura S.、Hou D.、Xian W.、Yan S.、Schury P.、Hirayama Y.、Ito Y.、Ishiyama H.、Kimura S.、Kojima T.、Lee J.、Liu J.、Michimasa S.、Miyatake H.、Moon J.Y.、Mukai M.、Naimi S.、Nishimura S.、Niwase T.、Sonoda T.、Watanabe Y.X.、Wollnik H.
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

      Volume: 1047 Pages: 167824-167824

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.nima.2022.167824

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Improved mass measurements on 257Db by decay-correlated mass spectroscopy2022

    • Author(s)
      Schury P., Niwase T., Wada M., et al.
    • Journal Title

      Riken Accelerator Progress Report

      Volume: 55 Pages: 6-6

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Initial mass measurements on 258Db by decay-correlated mass spectroscopy2022

    • Author(s)
      Schury P., Niwase T., Wada M., et al.
    • Journal Title

      Riken Accelerator Progress Report

      Volume: 55 Pages: 7-7

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] New developments and progress of the ZD-MRTOF system in 20212022

    • Author(s)
      Rosenbusch M., Wada M., Takamine A., et al.
    • Journal Title

      Riken Accelerator Progress Report

      Volume: 55 Pages: 86-86

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The new MRTOF spectrograph for nuclear masses following RIBF's ZeroDegree spectrometer, featuring new methodologies for ion selection and mirror optimization2022

    • Author(s)
      M. Rosenbusch, M. Wada, S. Chen, A. Takamine, S. Iimura, D. Hou, W. Xian, S. Yan, P. Schury, Y. Ito, H. Ishiyama, S. Kimura, J. Lee, J. Liu, S. Michimasa, H. Miyatake, J. Y. Moon, S. Nishimura, S. Naimi, T. Niwase, H. Wollnik
    • Journal Title

      Nucl. Instrum. Meth A (under review now). See arxiv link: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2110.11507

      Volume: arXiv:2110.11507 Pages: 1-13

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Exploring exotic nuclei by high-precision MRTOF mass measurements: The new ion catcher and mass spectrograph at RIKEN's RIBF facility2023

    • Author(s)
      M. Rosenbusch
    • Organizer
      RIBF seminar at RIKEN
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Exploring exotic nuclei by high-precision MRTOF mass measurements: The new ion catcher and mass spectrograph at RIKEN's RIBF facility2022

    • Author(s)
      M. Rosenbusch
    • Organizer
      Trapped Charged Particles
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] New high-precision nuclear mass studies by the first MRTOF mass spectrometer at the BigRIPS facility2022

    • Author(s)
      M. Rosenbusch
    • Organizer
      TCHoU workshop, Tsukuba University
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] High-precision mass measurements for astrophysics and nuclear structure studies using the new ZD-MRTOF system2022

    • Author(s)
      M. Rosenbusch
    • Organizer
      UKAKUREN workshop, Osaka University
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] New mass measurements of exotic nuclides by the first MRTOF setup at BigRIPS/RIKEN2021

    • Author(s)
      Marco Rosenbusch
    • Organizer
      Japanese Physical Society spring meeting 2020
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The new MRTOF Mass Spectrograph at the ZeroDegree spectrometer2021

    • Author(s)
      Marco Rosenbusch
    • Organizer
      Japanese Physical Society autumn meeting 2020
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The new MRTOF Mass Spectrograph at the ZeroDegree spectrometer2021

    • Author(s)
      Marco Rosenbusch
    • Organizer
      16th International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] general website of the Wako Nuclear Science Center

    • URL

      https://research.kek.jp/group/wnsc/en/

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] 16th International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos2021

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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