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|def=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 spectrometer]]s or [[Kingdon trap]]s, the coherent orbital motion of [[ion]]s between a pair of electrodes induces a [[wikipedia:Radio frequency|radio frequency]] [[wikipedia:Method of image charges|image charge]] in the electrodes and an alternating image current in the detection circuit connecting to the electrodes.
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|ref=M. B. Comisarow. J. Chem. Phys. 69, 4097 (1978). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.437143 )

S. D. Fuerstenau, W. H. Benner. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 9, 1528 (1995). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcm.1290091513 ) 
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