Kenneth R. Brown

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Name: Brown, Kenneth
Organization: Schools of Chemistry and Biochemistry , USA
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Title: (PhD)
Co-reporter:James E. Goeders, Craig R. Clark, Grahame Vittorini, Kenneth Wright, C. Ricardo Viteri, and Kenneth R. Brown
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2013 Volume 117(Issue 39) pp:9725-9731
Publication Date(Web):April 5, 2013
DOI:10.1021/jp312368a
The masses of single molecular ions are nondestructively measured by cotrapping the ion of interest with a laser-cooled atomic ion, 40Ca+. Measurement of the resolved sidebands of a dipole forbidden transition on the atomic ion reveals the normal-mode frequencies of the two ion system. The mass of two molecular ions, 40CaH+ and 40Ca16O+, are then determined from the normal-mode frequencies. Isotopes of Ca+ are used to determine the effects of stray electric fields on the normal mode measurement. The future use of resolved sideband experiments for molecular spectroscopy is also discussed.
CALCIUM MONOHYDRIDE
Calcium, isotope ofmass 40
protium