THE PROPOSED PENNING TRAP MASS-SPECTROMETER FACILITY AT TASCC

The proposed Penning trap mass spectrometer, to be located at the TASC C facility of the Chalk River Laboratories, is described. The facility will be used for precise atomic mass determinations among both stable and unstable nuclides. The unstable nuclides would be produced in hea vy ion reactions using the TASCC facility. The products from these rea ctions would be collected using an He-jet transport system loaded with NaCl aerosols. After transport to a background free area, the nuclide s of interest would be laser desorbed and resonantly ionized. Subseque ntly, these ions would be accumulated in a Paul trap, cooled and injec ted into a precision Penning trap mass spectrometer for mass analysis.