AMS of heavy elements with an ECR ion source and the ATLAS linear accelerator

M. Paul; D. Berkovits; I. Ahmad; F. Borasi; J. Caggiano; C. N. Davids; J. P. Greene; B. Harss; A. Heinz; D. J. Henderson; W. Henning; C. L. Jiang; R. C. Pardo; K. E. Rehm; R. Rejoub; D. Seweryniak; A. Sonzogni; J. Uusitalo; R. Vondrasek

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AMS of heavy elements with an ECR ion source and the ATLAS linear accelerator

M. Paul, D. Berkovits, I. Ahmad, F. Borasi, J. Caggiano, C. N. Davids, J. P. Greene, B. Harss, A. Heinz, D. J. Henderson, W. Henning, C. L. Jiang, R. C. Pardo, K. E. Rehm, R. Rejoub, D. Seweryniak, A. Sonzogni, J. Uusitalo, R. Vondrasek

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Detection of heavy elements by accelerator mass spectrometry with the electron cyclotron resonance ion source, Argonne linear accelerator and fragment mass analyzer (ECRIS-ATLAS-FMA) system has been developed. The use of the ECR-ATLAS system for AMS of heavy elements has two interesting features: (i) the efficient production of highcharge state ions in the ECR source ensures the elimination of molecular ions at the source stage, a highly attractive feature for any mass-spectrometric use not exploited so far; (ii) the linear acceleration based on velocity matching and the beam transport system act as a powerful mass filter for background suppression. We have shown that our system reaches an abundance sensitivity of 1 × 10^-14 for Pb isotopes. The ²³⁶U detection sensitivity is ²³⁶U/U ≳ 1 × 10^-12, limited mainly by the ion source output.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	688-692
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume	172
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(00)00279-2
State	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes

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Paul, M., Berkovits, D., Ahmad, I., Borasi, F., Caggiano, J., Davids, C. N., Greene, J. P., Harss, B., Heinz, A., Henderson, D. J., Henning, W., Jiang, C. L., Pardo, R. C., Rehm, K. E., Rejoub, R., Seweryniak, D., Sonzogni, A., Uusitalo, J., & Vondrasek, R. (2000). AMS of heavy elements with an ECR ion source and the ATLAS linear accelerator. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 172(1-4), 688-692. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(00)00279-2

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Paul, M, Berkovits, D, Ahmad, I, Borasi, F, Caggiano, J, Davids, CN, Greene, JP, Harss, B, Heinz, A, Henderson, DJ, Henning, W, Jiang, CL, Pardo, RC, Rehm, KE, Rejoub, R, Seweryniak, D, Sonzogni, A, Uusitalo, J & Vondrasek, R 2000, 'AMS of heavy elements with an ECR ion source and the ATLAS linear accelerator', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 172, no. 1-4, pp. 688-692. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(00)00279-2

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