The next chapter in radiocarbon dating at the Australian National University: Status report on the single stage AMS

S. J. Fallon; L. K. Fifield; J. M. Chappell

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.059

The next chapter in radiocarbon dating at the Australian National University: Status report on the single stage AMS

S. J. Fallon^*, L. K. Fifield, J. M. Chappell

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In February 2007, a single stage AMS from the National Electrostatics Corporation (NEC) was installed at the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University. This instrument is equipped with a gas/graphite hybrid ion source allowing direct analysis of CO₂ as well as traditional graphite targets. The instrument was funded by an Australian Research Council grant and by a consortium of eight universities plus the CSIRO Division of Land and Water. Its purpose is to support integrated environmental and archaeological research and access is open to the wider research community. In the first year ∼1500 samples have been analysed. A precision of ∼3‰ is routinely observed. The background for processed graphite (coal, calcite, Carrera marble) is better than 45,000 years. This paper summarizes the first year of measurements.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	898-901
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume	268
Issue number	7-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.059
Publication status	Published - Apr 2010

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The next chapter in radiocarbon dating at the Australian National University: Status report on the single stage AMS. / Fallon, S. J.; Fifield, L. K.; Chappell, J. M.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 268, No. 7-8, 04.2010, p. 898-901.

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