Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) 1977-1987

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 268, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages

  Gove, H E ^a   Purser, K H ^b,c   Litherland, A E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Southern Cross Corporation   (United States)

^c Twincreeks Technologies   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry; AMS conferences

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; SECOND GENERATION;

ACCELERATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 77949883402     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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