• H. Wollnik
  • K. Beckert
  • T. Beha
  • F. Bosch
  • A. Dolinskii
  • H. Eickhoff
  • M. Falch
  • B. Franzke
  • Y. Fujita
  • H. Geissel
  • M. Hausmann
  • Th Horvath
  • H. Irnich
  • H. C. Jung
  • Th Kerscher
  • O. Klepper
  • C. Kozhuharov
  • G. Kraus
  • K. E.G. Löbner
  • G. Münzenberg
  • F. Nickel
  • F. Nolden
  • T. Radon
  • H. Reich
  • C. Scheidenberger
  • B. Schlitt
  • W. Schwab
  • A. Schwinn
  • M. Steck
  • K. Sümmerer
  • M. Theiss
  • T. Winkler

We plan to measure masses of very shortlived exotic nuclei far from β-stability by using the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR) of the GSI as an energy isochronous Time-of-Flight (TOF) mass-spectrometer which requires a special ion-optical setting of the quadrupoles in the ESR. Via projectile fragmentation a large variety of exotic nuclei can be produced, which can be separated in flight by the Fragment Separator (FRS) prior to being injected into the ESR. A special time-pick-off-detector has been developed, which uses secondary electron emission from a thin foil, which is penetrated by the ions under investigation. This detector has been designed for use in the ESR-vacuum of 10-11mbar and has an intrinsic time-resolution of ≈ 85ps. Also a Time Recording System (TRS) with a time-jitter of only ≈ 50ps has been build. The TRS is capable of recording time-marks for a few ions over a large number (> 500) of turns.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)327-331
Number of pages5
JournalNuclear Physics A
Volume626
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Nov 1997

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  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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