TY - JOUR T1 - A gas-accepting ion source for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: Progress and applications JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Y1 - 2013 A1 - Roberts, M. L. A1 - von Reden, K. F. A1 - Burton, J. R. A1 - McIntyre, C. P. A1 - Beaupre, S. R. AB - The National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (NOSAMS) facility at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has developed an Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) system designed specifically for the analysis of 14C in a continuously flowing stream of carrier gas. A key part of the system is a gas-accepting microwave ion source. Recently, substantial progress has been made in the development of this source, having achieved ion currents rivaling that of a traditional graphite source (albeit at relatively low efficiency). Details and present performance of the gas source are given. Additionally, representative results obtained from coupling the source to both a gas chromatograph and gas bench are presented. VL - 294 N1 - id: 2161 JO - A gas-accepting ion source for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: Progress and applications ER -