Open AccessCoincidence time-of-flight mass spectrometry of electron impact on anthracene using a field programmable gate array
Author(s) -
P J M van der Burgt,
M. Grądziel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1412/14/142022
Subject(s) - electron ionization , anthracene , mass spectrometry , fragmentation (computing) , coincidence , ionization , mass spectrum , time of flight mass spectrometry , accelerator mass spectrometry , time of flight , electron , physics , chemistry , computer science , nuclear physics , photochemistry , optics , ion , chromatography , medicine , alternative medicine , quantum mechanics , pathology , operating system
Synopsis A new data acquisition system for electron-impact time-of-flight mass spectrometry has been set up, in which a field programmable gate array is used for the timing and the recording of mass spectra on an event by event basis. Fragmentation studies of anthracene have shown clear evidence for double ionization above 21 eV electron impact, which provides the motivation to look for coincident fragments. The first results for coincidence mass spectrometry of anthracene will be presented at the conference.