Professor: Alex Sessions, NM 108a, x6445, als@gps.caltech.edu
TA: Alex Phillips, L&R 101, alex.phillips@caltech.edu
Lecture: Thursdays, 10:30-12:00 (N Mudd 215)
Lab: Thursdays, 1:30-4:00 (Electronics shop, S Mudd)
Lecture schedule:
1. Electricity and power
2. Vacuum pumps
3. Vacuum systems
4. Inlet systems
5. Ionization Sources
6. Mass analyzers
7. Detectors
8. Data systems
Related reading:
Muccio and Jackson, 2009. Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry.
Brand, 2004. Mass spectrometer hardware for analyzing stable isotope ratios.