Leybold Gmbh

Yessica Brachthauser

Michel Aliman

Alexander Laue

Anthony Hin Yiu Chung

The invention concerns an ion trap, including a first ring-shaped end cap electrode and a second ring-shaped end cap electrode, between which is formed a ring-shaped ion storage cell, as well as a plurality of radially inner disk-shaped ring electrodes and a plurality of radially outer disk-shaped ring electrodes, which delimit the ring-shaped ion storage cell. The invention also relates to a mass spectrometer that has such an ion trap as well as a control device that is designed to actuate the disk-shaped ring electrodes and the end cap electrodes for the storage, selection, excitation and/or detection of ions in the ring-shaped ion storage cell.

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Oberkochen, Germany

Yessica Brachthauser