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Exponential Scan Mode for Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers to Generate Super-Resolved Mass Spectra
Exponential Scan Mode for Quadrupole Mass Spectrometers to Generate Super-Resolved Mass Spectra
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机译:四极质谱仪的指数扫描模式以生成超分辨质谱
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A novel scanning method of a mass spectrometer apparatus is introduced so as to relate by simple time shifts, rather than time dilations, the component signal (“peak”) from each ion even to an arbitrary reference signal produced by a desired homogeneous population of ions. Such a method and system, as introduced herein, is enabled in a novel fashion by scanning exponentially the RF and DC voltages on a quadrupole mass filter versus time while maintaining the RF and DC in constant proportion to each other. In such a novel mode of operation, ion intensity as a function of time is the convolution of a fixed peak shape response with the underlying (unknown) distribution of discrete mass-to-charge ratios (mass spectrum). As a result, the mass distribution can be reconstructed by deconvolution, producing a mass spectrum with enhanced sensitivity and mass resolving power.
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