| Title | Software development for continuous-gas-flow AMS |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | von Reden, KF, Roberts, ML, Jenkins, WJ, Rosenheim, BE, McNichol, AP, Schneider, RJ |
| Journal | Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms |
| Volume | 266 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pagination | 2233-2237 |
| ISSN | 0168-583X |
| Abstract | The National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (NOSAMS) Facility at Woods Hole Oceanographic institution is presently completing installation of a novel continuous-flow AMS system. A multi-year development of an AMS microwave gas ion source in collaboration with Atomic Energy Canada Limited (AECL), Chalk River, has preceded this final step of an implementation that is expected to add a new dimension to (14)C AMS. National Instruments, NIM, and CAMAC modules have been programmed with Lab-VIEW on a Windows XP platform to form the basis for data acquisition. In this paper we discuss possible applications and include simulations of expected data acquisition scenarios like real-time AMS analysis of chromatograms. Particular attention will have to be given to issues of synchronization between rapidly changing input amplitudes and signal processing cycles in hardware and software. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.03.001 |
