Milestones in EBIT spectroscopy and why it almost did not work

The electron beam ion trap (EBIT) spectroscopy that now seems routine would not be possible without considerable good luck in several areas of EBIT technology. Among these are X-ray background, ion...

[1]  R. H. Plumlee.  Space Charge Neutralization in the Ionizing Beam of a Mass Spectrometer , 1957 .

[2]  W. Lotz,et al.  Electron-impact ionization cross-sections and ionization rate coefficients for atoms and ions from hydrogen to calcium , 1968 .

[3]  A. Salop,et al.  Electron transfer between multicharged ions and neutral species , 1976 .

[4]  C. Litwin.  LINEAR ELECTROSTATIC INSTABILITY OF THE ELECTRON BEAM ION SOURCE - eScholarship , 1981 .

[5]  J. Dubau,et al.  Observation of the KLL Dielectronic Recombination Process in Highly Stripped Argon Ions , 1984 .

[6]  M. Levine,et al.  Measurement of instabilities and ion heating in an electron beam ion source , 1985 .

[7]  I. Brown,et al.  Miniature high current metal ion source , 1986 .

[8]  Henderson,et al.  Measurement of electron-impact-excitation cross sections for very highly charged ions. , 1988, Physical review letters.

[9]  Chen,et al.  Measurement of the self-energy contribution to the 2s-3p resonance transition in neonlike ytterbium. , 1990, Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics.

[10]  Clark,et al.  Evolution of ion-charge-state distributions in an electron-beam ion trap. , 1991, Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics.

[11]  Wong,et al.  Measurement of level-specific dielectronic-recombination cross sections of heliumlike Fe XXV. , 1992, Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics.

[12]  Knapp,et al.  Dielectronic recombination of heliumlike ions. , 1993, Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics.

[13]  R. Marrs,et al.  A high-energy electron beam ion trap for production of high-charge high- Z ions , 1993 .

[14]  Knapp,et al.  Production and trapping of hydrogenlike and bare uranium ions in an electron beam ion trap. , 1994, Physical review letters.

[15]  S. Elliott,et al.  Measurement of electron-impact ionization cross sections for hydrogenlike high-Z ions , 1997 .

[16]  S. Elliott,et al.  MEASUREMENT OF L-SHELL ELECTRON-IMPACT IONIZATION CROSS SECTIONS FOR HIGHLY CHARGED URANIUM IONS , 1997 .

[17]  Andrew G. Glen,et al.  APPL , 2001 .

[18]  A high-current electron beam ion trap as an on-line charge breeder for the high precision mass measurement TITAN experiment , 2006 .