Static mass spectrometers of new type, using Euler’s homogeneous electric and magnetic fields. I. General principle and single-stage systems

Abstract

Static mass spectrometers are inconspicuous against the background of more modern and more sophisticated mass spectrometers, but their potentiality is far from being exhausted. One of the principle advantages of static mass spectrometers is that they are the only type of mass spectrometers with a “duty cycle” of 100%. However, to implement this advantage, a static mass analyzer should work in a spectrographic mode, covering a considerable range of masses in one measurement. However, systems with good spectrographic properties significantly differ from systems with good spectrometric properties from the optical point of view, and the development of such devices leads to completely new optical problems and, correspondingly, to new approaches to their solution. One of useful tools to solve these problems are specific electrostatic and magnetostatic fields, homogeneous in the Euler terms. In this paper, prospects for the use of Euler’s homogeneous fields in creating static mass analyzers of a new generation are discussed.