Separation of Mass-Overlapped Time of Flight-Energy Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis Data Using Ryan and Jamoeson's Dynamic Analysis Method.

Abstract not availableJRC.D-Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (Geel

Separation of mass-overlapped time of flight-energy elastic recoil detection analysis data using Ryan and Jamieson's dynamic analysis method

Time of flight-energy (ToF-E) elastic recoil detection analysis (ERDA) data often contains mass signals with considerable overlap from adjacent isotopes in the mass-energy plane. An evaluation has been carried out of the suitability of the dynamic analysis method proposed by Ryan and Jamieson to decompose elemental signals with overlapping mass. This method is shown to work very well on generated test data and the result when it was applied to experimental data appears quite promising. Very accurate mass calibration and lineshape determination was found to be a prerequisite for the application of the method.Leif Persson, Harry J Whitlow, Mohamed El Bouanani, Mikael Hult, Margaretha Andersson, Ian F Bubb, David D Cohen, Nick Dytlewski, Peter N Johnston, Scott R Walker, Carina Zaring, Mikael Östlin