Implementation of a sensitive, narrow-band Fourier-Transform Ion-Cyclotron-Resonance (FT-ICR) detection for short-lived radionuclides at SHIPTRAP*

A very promising way towards establishing an accurate description of the inner structure of an atomic nucleus is the study of exotic nuclei. In the last few years a number of mass spectrometers based on Penning traps have been setup at rare isotopes facilities [1]. For instance SHIPTRAP at GSI is designed to provide clean and cooled beams of singly charged radioactive ions produced in a fusion-evaporation reaction and separated in-flight by the velocity filter SHIP. The scientific goals include mass spectrometry, atomic and nuclear spectroscopy, and chemistry of transuranium species which are not available at ISOLor fragmentation facilities [2].