PrefacePrincipal symbolsCh. I. Introduction/ P. H. Dawson p. 1Ch. II. Principles of operation/ P. H. Dawson p. 9Ch. III. Analytical theory/ P. H. Dawson p. 65Ch. IV. Numerical calculations/ P. H. Dawson p. 79Ch. V. Fringing fields and other imperfections/ P. H. Dawson p. 95Ch. VI. mass filter: design and performance/ W. E. Austin A. E. Holme J. H. Leck p. 121Ch. VII. monopole: design and performance/ R. F. Herzog p. 153Ch. VIII. Quadrupole ion traps/ J. F. J. Todd G. Lawson R. F. Bonner p. 181Ch. IX. Time-of-flight spectrometers/ J. P. Carrico p. 225Ch. X. Applications in atomic and molecular physics/ J. F. J. Todd p. 241Ch. XI. Applications to upper atmosphere research/ G. R. Carignan p. 273Ch. XII. Applications to gas chromatography/ M. S. Story p. 287Ch. XIII. Medical and environmental applications/ G. Lawson p. 307Appendices. p. 335Appendix A. Parameters characterizing the acceptance ellipses for the mass filter with no fringing fields. p. 335Appendix B. Approximate acceptance ellipse parameters for the mass filter for transmission at 50% of the initial phases in the presence of fringing fields of various lengths. p. 336Appendix C. Paired values of a and q satisfying the conditions [actual symbol not reproducible]. p. 337Appendix D. Coefficients from C[subscript 0] to C[subscript 6] used in the analytical solution to the equation of motion in the mass filter. p. 338Appendix E. An example of a simple computer program for calculating ion trajectories by numerical (Runge-Kutta) integration of the Mathieu equation. The program is written in Fortran IV G. p. 339Appendix F. List of quadrupole patents. p. 340Index. p. 345