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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2008 May 16;19(9):1286–1295. doi: 10.1016/j.jasms.2008.05.008

Table 1.

Optimum f and maximum m 〈F2n+1〉 F values up to n = 5 for rectangular F(t).

Separation order Rectangular (ED fixed) Rectangular (EP-P fixed)
fopt 〈Fn〉 fopt 〈Fn〉
n = 1 2 0.250 3.73 0.0962
n = 2 1.65 0.326 5.04 0.0669
n = 3 1.49 0.365 7.00 0.0491
n = 4 1.40 0.388 9.00 0.0387
n = 5 1.34 0.404 11.0 0.0320