Abstract
The 12CH22+ molecule has been studied and it was found that the molecule can be effectively eliminated thus allowing detection of 14C2+ at low terminal voltages of a tandem accelerator. Some implications of this discovery for radiocarbon dating are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 208-210 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1984 |
Funding
sioning the apparatus and our colleagues at the Nuclear Structure Research Laboratory, Rochester, USA for their assistance in the 1977 discovery of the 12CH:’ molecule. This work was supported in part by a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. One of us (U.G.-U.) acknowledgess upport from WUSC (Canada) and ININ (Mexico).