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Charge and Mass Measurements of a Dust Particle in the Linear Quadrupole Trap
Author(s) -
Syrovatka R. A.,
Deputatova L. V.,
Fiinov V. S.,
Lapitsky D. S.,
Pecherkin V. Ya.,
Vasiyak L. M.,
Vladimirov V. I.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.201500131
Subject(s) - particle (ecology) , trap (plumbing) , quadrupole , charge (physics) , atomic physics , quadrupole ion trap , physics , particle number , computational physics , ion trap , mass spectrometry , nuclear physics , plasma , meteorology , quantum mechanics , oceanography , geology
The method of charge and mass measurements of a dust particle in the linear quadrupole trap has been developed. The method uses the free fall velocity of the particle for mass measurements and uses combination of the electric and gravitational fields to obtain particle charge. (© 2016 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)