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Some Comments on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Harry E Gove
Harry E Gove*
Affiliation:
Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Campus Station, New York 14627, USA and Adjunct Professor of Physics, IsoTrace Laboratory, University of Toronto, 60 George St., Toronto, ON, M5S 1A7, Canada. Email: gove@nsrl.rochester.edu.
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This paper discusses some aspects of the development of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), the international conferences that have been held, and the books that have been written on the subject. It also mentions some details of the technique and its strengths. Some of the interesting measurements that have been made recently are covered, and finally, it presents some thoughts on future developments.

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Research Article
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Radiocarbon , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , 2000 , pp. 127 - 135
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Copyright © 2000 The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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