Open AccessAccelerator Mass Spectrometry: Ultra-sensitive Detection Technique of Long-lived Radionuclides
Author(s) -
Hans-Arno Synal
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2022.45
Subject(s) - accelerator mass spectrometry , nuclide , instrumentation (computer programming) , mass spectrometry , variety (cybernetics) , systems engineering , nuclear physics , computer science , aerospace engineering , engineering , physics , artificial intelligence , operating system , quantum mechanics
An introduction is given to accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) technology, to the fundamental measurement principles, and the physics aspects behind the design constrain of AMS instruments. This article shall give an overview on technical design constraints of AMS instrumentation, general ion optical principles, and nuclide specific problems. The historic development of AMS detection techniques is briefly summarized. The wide variety of applications connected to the AMS technology are not discussed.