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Non-linearity influences on the axial secular-motion spectrum of ions confined in a Fourier transform ion trap mass spectrometer. Experimental studies

✍ M. Carette; Y. Zerega 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 153 KB

## Abstract A Fourier transform operating mode is applied to an ion trap. The trap is truncated at 2__r__~0~ and presents unwanted defects that induce confinement electric‐field non‐linearities. Ion axial secular‐motion spectrum is examined by experiments near the resonance line β~__z__~ = 0.5. Io