Acquisition of a New Accelerator Mass Spectrometer

9871035 Donahue本合同提供购买和安装加速器质谱仪(AMS)所需资金的65%，该AMS将由亚利桑那大学的国家科学基金会-亚利桑那州AMS设施安装和运营。亚利桑那大学承诺提供采购和安装所需的剩余35%。NSF-Arizona AMS是一个面向教育的多用户设施，为包括地球科学、海洋科学、大气科学、人类学和考古学在内的各种领域的基础研究社区提供放射性碳数据和分析。新的加速器系统取代了即将服役20年的加速器系统。***

9871035 Donahue This award provides 65% of the funding required for the acquisition and installation of an accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) to be housed and operated by the University of Arizona's NSF-Arizona AMS facility. The University of Arizona is committed to providing the remaining 35% needed for the acquisition and installation. The NSF-Arizona AMS serves as an education-oriented multi-user facility, providing radiocarbon dates and analyses for the basic research community in a variety of fields including earth sciences, ocean sciences, atmospheric sciences, anthropology, and archeology. The new accelerator system replaces one that is approaching 20-years of service. ***