ANL/PHY-81-1
Symposium on Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne, Illinois 60439

11-13 May 1981

Title & Introduction  
Table of Contents  

Morning Session, 11 May 1981: Chairman, R. A. Muller
PRELUDE
THE EARLY DAYS OF ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY
L. W. Alvarez

p. 1
THE CHALLENGE FROM LOW-ENERGY MASS SPECTROMETRY
G. J. Wasserburg
(presentation only)
 
PROGRAMS AT EXISTING ACCELERATORS
ULTRASENSITIVE MASS SPECTROMETRY WITH A TANDEM VAN DE GRAAFF ACCELERATOR
H. E. Gove
p. 16
ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY WITH THE GRENOBLE AND ORSAY CYCLOTRONS
G. M. Raisbeck and F. Yiou
p. 23
RADIOCARBON DATING WITH THE CHALK RIVER MP TANDEM ACCELERATOR
G. C. Ball, H. R. Andrews, R. M. Brown, N. Burn, W. G. Davies, Y. Imahori and J. C. D. Milton
p. 34
Afternoon Session, 11 May 1981: Chairman, A. E. Litherland
PROGRAMS AT EXISTING ACCELERATORS (continued)

THE ROLE OF ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS
W. Kutschera
p. 43
INSTRUMENTATION OF AN FN TANDEM FOR THE DETECTION OF l0Be
R. Middleton, J. Klein and Hongqing Tang
p. 57
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF A TANDEM VAN DE GRAAFF ACCELERATOR FOR ULTRA-SENSITIVE MASS SPECTROMETRY
M. Suter, R. Balzer, G. Bonani, Ch. Stoller, W. Wölfli, J. Beer, H. Oeschger and B. Stauffer
p. 87
ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
G. W. Farwell, F.H. Schmidt and P.M. Grootes
p. 100
PLAN FOR MASS ACCELERATOR SPECTROMETRY AT GIF-SUR-YVETTE
AND SACLAY

B. Berthier, L. Bianchi, G. Delibrias and Y. Koechlin
p. 120
REPORT ON ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY EXPERIMENTS AT
THE REHOVOT 14UD PELLETRON

M. Paul, R. Kaim, A. Breskin, R. Chechik, J. Gerber, M. B. Goldberg, N. Zwang and A. Kaufman
(not presented)
p. 130
SEARCH FOR EXOTIC PARTICLES
SEARCH FOR ANOMALOUSLY HEAVY ISOTOPES

J. Klein, R. Middleton and W. E. Stephens
p. 136
RECENT SEARCH FOR QUARKS AND VERY HEAVY HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
USING AN (ALMOST) ALL-ELECTROSTATIC SYSTEM

J. P. Schiffer, H. Ernst, W. Henning and W. Kutschera
p. 154
A MASS-INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR FRACTIONALLY CHARGED
PARTICLES

K. H. Chang, A. E. Litherland, L. R. Kilius, R. P. Beukens, W. E. Kieser and E. L. Hallin
p. 157
A SEARCH FOR ANOMALOUS HYDROGEN IN ENRICHED D20, USING A
TIME-OF-FLIGHT SPECTROMETER

P. F. Smith, J. R. J.'Bennett, G. J. Homer, J. D. Lewin, H. E. Walford and W. A. Smith
(not presented)
p. 170
Morning Session, 12 May 1981: Chairman, P. Parker
APPLICATION TO VARIOUS ISOTOPES
APPLICATION OF AMS TO HYDROLOGY
H. W. Bentley and S. N. Davis
p. 193
10 Be IN THE ENVIRONMENT: SOME RECENT RESULTS
AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

G. M. Raisbeck, F. Yiou, M. Lieuvin, J. C. Ravel, M. Fruneau and J. M. Loiseaux
p. 228
10 Be IN MANGANESE NODULES
J. Thomas, P. Parker, A: Mangini, K. CoChran, T. Turekian, S. Krjshnaswami and P. Sharma
p. 244
THE PREPARATION OF A 10 Be STANDARD
. J. Southon, I. Thorson, D. E. Nelson, R. Korteling, J. S. Vogel, T. L. Ku, J. L. Reyss and I. Nowikow
p. 255
MEASUREMENT OF COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES IN EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATERIAL
K. Niihiizumi and J. R. Arnold
p. 262
TANDEM VAN DE GRAAFF MEASUREMENT OF 10 Be IN METEORITES
T. H. Kruse, R. Moniot, G. Herzog, T. Milazzo, G. Hall and W. Savin
p. 277
EARTHQUAKE DATING BY 14 C ATOM COUNTING
A. B. Tucker, G. Bonani, M. Suter and W.Wölfli
p. 285
Afternoon Session, 12 May 1981: Chairman, A. M. Hoogenboom
APPLICATIONS TO VARIOUS FIELDS (continued)
STABLE ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS OF AMS IN GEOLOGY
J. C. Rucklidge
p. 293
RARE STABLE ISOTOPES IN METEORITES
G. C. Wilson
p. 310
ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY OF 5gNi AND Fe ISOTOPES
AT THE ARGONNE SUPERCONDUCTING LINAC

W. Henning, W. Kutschera, B. Myslek-Laurikainen, R. C. Pardo, R. K. Smither and J. L. Yntema
p. 320
SEARCH FOR THE 36C1 ISOTOPE IN NATURAL SAMPLES BY CYCLOTRON
OR TANDEM ACCELERATORS

I. Brissaud, J. Kalif; H. Laurent, J. C. Roynette, C. Zaidins, J. C. Fontes, J. M. Garnier, J. Guillot, A. Peghaire, S. Plattard and J. Uzureau
(not presented)
p. 330
THE MUNICH ATTEMPT TO DETECT 36 Cl
P. W. Kubik, G. Korschinek, E. Nolte, M. S. Pravikoff and H. Morinaga
p. 341
Morning Session, 13 May 1981: Chairman, R. Middleton
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS IN ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY
MASS SPECTROMETRY WITH A VERY SMALL CYCLOTRON
R. A. Muller, P. P. Tans, T. S. Mast and J. J. Welch
p. 342
REPRODUCIBILITY OF ISOTOPE RATIO MEASUREMENTS
D. Elmore
p. 346
ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION IN ACCELERATOR BASED RADIOCARBON DATING
N. R. White
p. 359
THE INVERTED SPHERICAL IONISER SPUTTER ION SOURCE (IS3)
N. R. White
p. 373
OSIRIS
S. H. Chew, E. F. Garman, T. J. L. Greenway and K. W. Allen
p. 381
BROAD BAND MASS ANALYSIS AT MeV ENERGIES
L. R. Kilius, K. H. Chang, E. L. Hallin and A. E. Litherland
p. 391
CALIBRATION SAMPLES FOR ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY
R. L. Hershberger, D. S. Flynn and F. Gabbard
p. 401
PRODUCTION OF CHARCOAL FOR ACCELERATOR TARGETS
S. W. Leavitt, D. J. Donahue and A. Long
p. 404
SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

P. M. Grootes, M. Stuiver, G. W. Farwell and F. H. Schmidt
p. 405
THE PRODUCTION OF SMALL CARBON SAMPLES BY R.F. DISSOCIATION
OF ACETYLENE

R. P. Beukens and H. W. Lee
p. 416
INSTABILITY OF KH- AND POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR DETECTION
OF 41Ca WITH A TAdDEM ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATOR

G. M. Raisbeck, F. Yiou, A. Peghaire, J. Guilioi and J. Uzureau
p. 426
Afternoon Session, 13 May 1981: Chairman, G. Raisbeck
DEDICATED FACILITIES

A PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION OF A DEDICATED COMMERCIAL ULTRA-SENSITIVE MASS SPECTROMETER FOR DIRECT ATOM Counting of 14 C
K. H. Purser, R. J. Schneider, J. McG. Dobbs and R. Post
p. 431
THE ISOTRACE LABORATORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
R. P. Beukens
p. 463
THE RADIOCARBON FACILITY AT THE RESEARCH LABORATORY FOR
ARCHAEOLOGY IN OXFORD - A REVIEW

N. R. White, R. E. M. Hedges, J. O. Wand and E. T. Hall
p. 472
THE N.S.F.-ARIZONA DEDICATED FACILITY
D. J. Donahue
p. 484
THE RESEARCH PROJECT AT NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
M. Furukawa, N. Nakai and E. Nakano
p. 488
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS p. 491
AUTHOR INDEX p. 499