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Direct Detection of 14C At the Harwell Tandem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

J H Shea ,
T W Conlon ,
James Asher  and
P M Read
J H Shea
Affiliation:
AERE Harwell, Didcot, England, 0X11 ORA
T W Conlon
Affiliation:
AERE Harwell, Didcot, England, 0X11 ORA
James Asher
Affiliation:
AERE Harwell, Didcot, England, 0X11 ORA
P M Read
Affiliation:
AERE Harwell, Didcot, England, 0X11 ORA
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Abstract

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Direct detection of 14C using the Harwell 6MV Tandem accelerator has been achieved using a gaseous ion source. The implications of our results for the use of such sources in this role and for the machine, in general, are discussed.

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Type
Accelerator Techniques
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 22 , Issue 3: Heidelberg , 1980 , pp. 830 - 837
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science

Footnotes

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Present address: CEGB Research Division, Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories, Berkeley, Gloucestershire GL13 9PB, England

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