A high-frequency
mass spectrometer in which the ions to be detected, with a selected value of the quotient mass/charge,
absorb maximum energy through the effect of a high-frequency electric field and a
constant magnetic field perpendicular to the electric field. Maximum energy is gained
by the ions which satisfy the
cyclotronresonance condition and as a result they are separated from ions of different mass/charge.
Source:
PAC, 1991, 63, 1541
(Recommendations for nomenclature and symbolism for mass spectroscopy (including an
appendix of terms used in vacuum technology). (Recommendations 1991))
on page 1545