Journal article

Authors list: Zadvornaya, A.; Romero, J.; Eronen, T.; Gins, W.; Kankainen, A.; Moore, I. D.; Papadakis, P.; Pohjalainen, I.; Reponen, M.; Rinta-Antila, S.; Saren, J.; Simonovski, D.; Uusitalo, J.

Publication year: 2023

Pages: 33-42

Journal: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volume number: 539

ISSN: 0168-583X

eISSN: 1872-9584

Open access status: Hybrid

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2023.03.016

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
Results of offline commissioning tests for a new dedicated gas cell for the Mass Analysing Recoil Apparatus (MARA) Low-Energy Branch are reported. Evacuation time, ion survival and transport efficiency in helium buffer gas were characterized with a radioactive 223Ra a-recoil source. Suppression of the ion signal, originating from non-neutralized species in the gas cell, was explored with 219Rn ions, the daughter recoil of 223Ra, as a function of voltage applied to one of the ion-collector electrodes. Two-step laser resonance ionization of stable tin isotopes produced inside the gas cell from a heated bronze filament was demonstrated, and broadening of the atomic resonances in argon buffer gas was studied. These tests indicate the suitability of the new gas cell for future in-gas laser spectroscopy studies of exotic nuclei at the Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyvaskyla.

Harvard Citation style: Zadvornaya, A., Romero, J., Eronen, T., Gins, W., Kankainen, A., Moore, I., et al. (2023) Offline commissioning of a new gas cell for the MARA Low-Energy Branch✩, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 539, pp. 33-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2023.03.016

APA Citation style: Zadvornaya, A., Romero, J., Eronen, T., Gins, W., Kankainen, A., Moore, I., Papadakis, P., Pohjalainen, I., Reponen, M., Rinta-Antila, S., Saren, J., Simonovski, D., & Uusitalo, J. (2023). Offline commissioning of a new gas cell for the MARA Low-Energy Branch✩. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 539, 33-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2023.03.016