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The use of a Penning trap will start a new generation of precision experiments on highly charged ions. The long storage time of the ions in combination with a controlled confinement in a very small volume will enable accuracies in mass determination better than δm/m=10−8.
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Jertz, R., Bollen, G., Kluge, H.J. et al. Highly-charged ions in a penning trap: mass measurements, etc.. Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 21 (Suppl 1), S179–S180 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01426281
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01426281