Are compact AMS facilities a competitive alternative to larger tandem accelerators?

Radiocarbon

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-330

  Suter, M ^a   Muller A M ^a   Alfimov, V ^a   Christl, M ^a   Schulze Konig T ^a   Kubik, P W ^a   Synal, H A ^a   Vockenhuber, C ^a   Wacker, L ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ACTINIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RADIONUCLIDE;

EID: 78049271845     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200045367     Document Type: Article

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