The PSI/ETH small radiocarbon dating system Export

@article{SynalHA00, abstract = {A small and compact radiocarbon dating system has been built at PSI/ETH. The system is based on a National Electrostatics Corporation (NEC) pelletron accelerator with a maximum terminal voltage of 550 kV. It is the first accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) system that uses 1 + ions at the high-energy end of the accelerator. Interfering isobaric molecules are destroyed by collisions in the gas stripper inside the accelerator. The system has been designed to fulfill two primary goals. First, it can be used as an experimental platform to study the relevant charge exchange and molecular break up processes at low energies. Second, it is able to perform high quality radiocarbon dating measurements. A detailed system description is given and results of performance tests are discussed.}, author = {Synal, H.}, citeulike-article-id = {3486913}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(00)00376-1}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0168-583X(00)00376-1}, doi = {10.1016/S0168-583X(00)00376-1}, issn = {0168583X}, journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms}, keywords = {accelerator, dating, destruction, mass, molecular, radiocarbon, spectrometry}, month = {October}, number = {1-4}, pages = {1--7}, posted-at = {2008-11-07 09:00:15}, priority = {2}, title = {The PSI/ETH small radiocarbon dating system}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(00)00376-1}, volume = {172}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - SynalHA00 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3486913 N2 - A small and compact radiocarbon dating system has been built at PSI/ETH. The system is based on a National Electrostatics Corporation (NEC) pelletron accelerator with a maximum terminal voltage of 550 kV. It is the first accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) system that uses 1 + ions at the high-energy end of the accelerator. Interfering isobaric molecules are destroyed by collisions in the gas stripper inside the accelerator. The system has been designed to fulfill two primary goals. First, it can be used as an experimental platform to study the relevant charge exchange and molecular break up processes at low energies. Second, it is able to perform high quality radiocarbon dating measurements. A detailed system description is given and results of performance tests are discussed. IS - 1-4 JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms SN - 0168583X EP - 7 TI - The PSI/ETH small radiocarbon dating system VL - 172 SP - 1 KW - accelerator KW - dating KW - destruction KW - mass KW - molecular KW - radiocarbon KW - spectrometry AU - Synal, H PY - 2000/10// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(00)00376-1 ER -