Image current detection

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Image current detection
Method of ion detection by measuring the current that results from the image charge induced by a coherent motion of ions passing near a conductor. Note: In Fourier transform mass spectrometers or Kingdon traps, the coherent orbital motion of ions between a pair of electrodes induces a radio frequency image charge in the electrodes and an alternating image current in the detection circuit connecting to the electrodes.
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From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013.
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