12430 IUPAC Gold Book - image current detection 10.1351/goldbook.12430 12430 current 1 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. 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. Fourier transform mass spectrometers https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12419 Kingdon traps https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12460 PAC, 2013, 85, 1515. 'Definitions of terms relating to mass spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 1548 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12430/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12430/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12430/plain Citation: 'image current detection' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12430 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-05-28T08:52:16+00:00