Mass measurements of short-lived nuclides with ion traps Original Research Article

Penning-trap mass spectrometry has reached a state that allows its application to very short-lived isotopes available from various sources of radioactive beams. Mass values with outstanding accuracy are achieved even far from stability. This paper illustrate the state of the art by discussing the status of the ISOLTRAP experiment at ISOLDE/CERN. In addition an overview of new ion-trap projects for nuclear mass determination will be given.