Developing a detection method of environmental 244Pu

Stephan Winkler; Irshad Ahmad; Robin Golser; Walter Kutschera; Kent A. Orlandini; Michael Paul; Alfred Priller; Peter Steier; Angelika Valenta; Christof Vockenhuber

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2004.04.151

Developing a detection method of environmental 244Pu

Stephan Winkler, Irshad Ahmad, Robin Golser, Walter Kutschera, Kent A. Orlandini, Michael Paul, Alfred Priller, Peter Steier, Angelika Valenta, Christof Vockenhuber

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Abstract

The long-lived radionuclide 244Pu (t1/2=80.8±1.0 Ma) is a candidate for the detection as a live remnant of close-lying and relatively recent supernovae in geological records on the earth. We will present the development of an AMS method for measuring 244Pu at the low abundance levels which are expected for natural 244Pu. For artificial samples prepared from chemically pure reagents a sensitivity of more than 3 × 10−6 counts in detector per atom in sputter target was achieved. For true sediment samples the detector background induced by chemical impurities and possible cross contamination from high level standards were identified as the present limitations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Subtitle of host publication	(AMS-9) Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 9-13 September 2002
Editors	H.H. Andersen
Publisher	Elsevier BV, North-Holland
Pages	817-822
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2004.04.151
Publication status	Published - 2004

Publication series

Series	Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
ISSN	0168-583X

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1030 Physics, Astronomy

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Winkler, S., Ahmad, I., Golser, R., Kutschera, W., Orlandini, K. A., Paul, M., Priller, A., Steier, P., Valenta, A., & Vockenhuber, C. (2004). Developing a detection method of environmental 244Pu. In H. H. Andersen (Ed.), Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: (AMS-9) Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 9-13 September 2002 (pp. 817-822). Elsevier BV, North-Holland. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2004.04.151

Winkler, Stephan ; Ahmad, Irshad ; Golser, Robin et al. / Developing a detection method of environmental 244Pu. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: (AMS-9) Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 9-13 September 2002. editor / H.H. Andersen. Elsevier BV, North-Holland, 2004. pp. 817-822 (Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms).

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Developing a detection method of environmental 244Pu. / Winkler, Stephan; Ahmad, Irshad; Golser, Robin et al.

Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: (AMS-9) Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 9-13 September 2002. ed. / H.H. Andersen. Elsevier BV, North-Holland, 2004. p. 817-822 (Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms).

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Winkler S, Ahmad I, Golser R, Kutschera W, Orlandini KA, Paul M et al. Developing a detection method of environmental 244Pu. In Andersen HH, editor, Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: (AMS-9) Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, 9-13 September 2002. Elsevier BV, North-Holland. 2004. p. 817-822. (Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms). doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.04.151