Improving wide-band mass measurements in a multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrograph by usage of a concomitant measurement scheme

TL;DR

This paper presents a novel concomitant referencing mode for multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrographs, enabling more accurate and simplified wide-band mass measurements by interleaving reference and analyte ions.

Contribution

The paper introduces a new concomitant measurement scheme that improves accuracy and simplifies analysis in wide-band mass spectrometry using MRTOF-MS.

Findings

Enhanced measurement accuracy with the new mode

Simplified data analysis process

Effective interleaving of reference and analyte ions

Abstract

We introduce a new concomitant referencing mode for operating a multi-reflection time-of-flight mass spectrograph (MRTOF-MS), wherein the reference and analyte ions are interleaved on a cycle by cycle bases. Using this mode, we demonstrate an improved technique for performing wide bandwidth mass measurements via MRTOF-MS. This new technique offers a simplified analysis and high-accuracy.