182Hf, a new isotope for AMS

Christof Vockenhuber (Corresponding author), Max Bichler, Robin Golser, Walter Kutschera, Alfred Priller, Peter Steier, Stephan Winkler

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Abstract

The neutron-rich isotope 182Hf with its half-life of 9‘2 million years was alive in the early solar system and has been used to study the early development of the Earth and the Moon through isotopic anomalies of its stable decay product 182W. In addition, 182Hf may also complement a few other radionuclides in the million-year half-life range to trace relatively recent stellar events with high neutron fluxes in the vicinity of the Earth. This may be accomplished by finding measurable traces of live 182Hf in suitable terrestrial archives. With accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) it should be possible to detect minute amounts of 182Hf. We will show that the main interference for the detection, the stable isobar 182W, can be significantly reduced by using HfF 5- ions. The AMS detection method of 182Hf and first results from Hf control rods of a recently retired research reactor are presented, which encourage us to search for naturally produced traces of 182Hf on Earth. Œ 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Subtitle of host publicationNagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 9-13 September 2002
EditorsH.H. Andersen
Place of PublicationAmsterdam [u.a.]
PublisherElsevier BV, North-Holland
Pages823-828
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Publication series

SeriesNuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume223–224
ISSN0168-583X

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 1030 Physics, Astronomy

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