It is well known that negative ions that form in the gas phase due to low-energy electron capture by molecules show a scatter in the measured lifetimes of their autodetachment states. In considering this problem, it is found that when using a static sector magnetic mass spectrometer, some of the ions that form on the ionization chamber walls are adsorbed and stabilized there and then join the registered ion flow, thereby distorting the measured lifetime. Because the number of the adsorbed ions depends on the experimental conditions, their contribution to the total flow is to some extent uncontrollable—hence the scatter.

Keywords: negative ions, resonance electron capture, mass spectrometry PACS: 34.35.+a, 37.20.+j, 34.80.Gs (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2017.01.038045 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2017/9/d/ 000417704200004 2-s2.0-85040967085 2017PhyU...60..911L Citation: Lukin V G, Khvostenko O G "Negative ion adsorption by the ion source surface as a factor influencing ion lifetime measurements" Phys. Usp. 60 911–930 (2017) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Received: 24th, May 2016, revised: 9th, January 2017, accepted: 17th, January 2017 Оригинал: Лукин В Г, Хвостенко О Г «Влияние поверхностной адсорбции отрицательных ионов в ионном источнике на результаты измерений их времени жизни» УФН 187 981–1002 (2017); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2017.01.038045