A High-Performance (14)c Accelerator Mass Spectrometry System

TitleA High-Performance (14)c Accelerator Mass Spectrometry System
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsRoberts, ML, Burton, JR, Elder, KL, Longworth, BE, McIntyre, CP, von Reden, KF, Han, BX, Rosenheim, BE, Jenkins, WJ, Galutschek, E, McNichol, AP
JournalRadiocarbon
Volume52
Issue2
Pagination228-235
ISSN0033-8222
Abstract

A new and unique radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility has been constructed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The defining characteristic of the new system is its large-gap optical elements that provide a larger-than-standard beam acceptance. Such a system is ideally suited for high-throughput, high-precision measurements of (14)C. Details and performance of the new system are presented.

DOI10.2458/azu_js_rc.52.3657