Overview of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS)

This book highlights the advances in the technology, instrumentation, method developments, and applications of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS). It systematically introduces the principles and structure of AMS. The authors put emphasis on the new techniques and measurement methods of AMS, with detailed descriptions of its applications in the fields of nuclear science, archaeology, geoscience, biomedicine, and environmental science.

Recent Advances and Directions

The advances made by global researchers are mainly in three directions: (1) the miniaturization of AMS instruments; (2) inventions based on new technology and new theories, such as superionization AMS and MS; (3) new methods and applications, including measurements of noble gases 85Kr, 133Xe, and 39Ar using superionization AMS, dating of human history with 41Ca, increasing 14C dating from 40 ky to more than 60 ky,

and measurements with such important dating nuclides as 40K-40Ca-40Ar, 87Ru-87Sr, and 187Re-187Os in geology and archaeology. The book is not only a good reference for technicians of MS and accelerators but also a helpful information source on how to use AMS for researchers and graduate students in their research and work in geology, archaeology, environmental science, nuclear science, materials science, and biomedicine.