Multi-nuclide AMS performances at MALT
Multi-nuclide AMS performances at MALT
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DOI:
10.1016/j.nimb.2007.01.145
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发表时间:
2007-06-01
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
Aze, Takahiro
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作者:
Matsuzaki, Hiroyuki;Nakano, Chuichiro;Aze, Takahiro
MALT (Micro Analysis Laboratory, Tandem accelerator, The University of Tokyo) is a service and research facility for elemental and isotopic micro-analysis using a tandem accelerator, which was constructed in 1991-1993 and has been in operation since 1994. Since then, AM S, NRA and PINE systems have been developed and highly refined. The accelerator of MALT is a 5UD Pelletron (TM) tandem van de Graaf (produced by National Electrostatics Corporation, USA) and maximum 5 MV voltage is available. MALT is equipped with two MC-SNICS ion sources (one of them dedicated for C-14-AMS), a sequential injection system and multi-Faraday cup systems. These equipment are all indispensable for a high precision and high efficiency AMS system.At MALT, high quality AMS of Be-7, Be-10, C-14, Al-26 has been available. Recently, a Cl-36 -AMS system using a gas-filled magnet was also greatly refined, and a new I-129-AMS system was developed and shows good performance. Now MALT is the only facility with multi-nuclide AMS in the Asian area.Over 40 projects are running at MALT every year. The total accelerator operation time in the 2004 season was 6363 h. In November 2004, the total operation time of the pelletron chain system since the construction of MALT went over 40,000 h without replacement. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.