| Literature DB >> 17154436 |
John F J Todd1, Simeon J Barber, Ian P Wright, Geraint H Morgan, Andrew D Morse, Simon Sheridan, Mark R Leese, Jon Maynard, Suzanne T Evans, Colin T Pillinger, Duncan L Drummond, Samantha C Heys, S Ejaz Huq, Barry J Kent, Eric C Sawyer, Martin S Whalley, Nicholas R Waltham.
Abstract
In May 2014, the Rosetta spacecraft is scheduled to rendezvous with the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko ('67P'). One of the instruments on board the 'Lander' which will descend on to the surface of the comet is a miniaturised GC/MS system that incorporates an ion trap mass spectrometer, specially developed for isotope ratio analysis. This article describes the development and optimisation of the ion trap for this unique application, and presents a summary of the range of pre-programmed experiments that will contribute to the characterisation of the solid and volatile cometary materials. Copyright 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Entities:
Year: 2007 PMID： 17154436 DOI： 10.1002/jms.1147
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mass Spectrom ISSN： 1076-5174 Impact factor: 1.982