Abstract
A new method to analyze the properties of fragment ions created in storage ring experiments is presented. The technique relies on an acceleration of ionic fragments immediately after production whereby the fragments are stored in the storage ring. To obtain a fragment mass spectrum, the storage ring is exploited as an electrostatic analyzer (ESA) in which case the number of stored fragment ions is recorded as a function of the applied acceleration potential. However, the storage ring can additionally be employed as a time-of-flight (TOF) instrument by registering the temporal distribution of fragment ions. It is demonstrated that the combined ESA-TOF operation of the ring allows not only to determine fragment masses with much better resolution compared to the ESA mode alone but also enables the extraction of detailed information on the fragmentation dynamics. The method is described analytically and verified with photodissociation experiments on stored Cl2 (-) at an excitation wavelength of 530 nm.
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