List of accelerator mass spectrometry facilities
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The following list of accelerator mass spectrometry facilities sets out the research centres which employ accelerator mass spectrometry
Accelerator mass spectrometry
Accelerator mass spectrometry differs from other forms of mass spectrometry in that it accelerates ions to extraordinarily high kinetic energies before mass analysis. The special strength of AMS among the mass spectrometric methods is its power to separate a rare isotope from an abundant...

 (AMS).

Accelerator mass spectrometry is a form of mass spectrometry that accelerates ions to extraordinarily high kinetic energies before mass analysis. L.W. Alvarez and Robert Cornog
Robert Cornog
Robert Alden Cornog , was a physicist and engineer who helped develop the atomic bomb and missile systems from the Snark to the Minuteman....

 of the United States first used an accelerator as a mass spectrometer in 1939 when they employed a cyclotron
Cyclotron
In technology, a cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator. In physics, the cyclotron frequency or gyrofrequency is the frequency of a charged particle moving perpendicularly to the direction of a uniform magnetic field, i.e. a magnetic field of constant magnitude and direction...

 to demonstrate that 3He was stable; from this observation, they immediately (and correctly) concluded that the other mass-3 isotope tritium
Tritium
Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. The nucleus of tritium contains one proton and two neutrons, whereas the nucleus of protium contains one proton and no neutrons...

 was radioactive.

Facilities

Please note that this list is not complete yet. There are about 180 AMS facilities in the world.

Africa

  • iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences (www.tlabs.ac.za) , Johannesburg
    Johannesburg
    Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

    , South Africa

America

  • Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , just outside Livermore, California, is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center founded by the University of California in 1952...

  • National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (NOSAMS) Facility at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of all aspects of marine science and engineering and to the education of marine researchers. Established in 1930, it is the largest independent oceanographic research...

  • Beta Analytic Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility in Miami, Florida
  • Purdue Rare Isotope Measurement Laboratory at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana
  • Trace Element Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (TEAMS) at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC
  • MegaSIMS at the University of California, Los Angeles
    University of California, Los Angeles
    The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

     in Los Angeles, CA
  • NSF - Arizona Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) Laboratory
    NSF - Arizona Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) Laboratory
    Arizona Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory focuses on the study of cosmogenic isotopes, and in particular the study of radiocarbon, or Carbon-14. As a laboratory, part of its aim is to function as a research center, training center, and general community resource. Its stated mission is...

  • W.M. Keck Carbon Cycle Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (KCCAMS) Facility at the University of California, Irvine
    University of California, Irvine
    The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...


Asia

  • Xi'an
    Xi'an
    Xi'an is the capital of the Shaanxi province, and a sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China. One of the oldest cities in China, with more than 3,100 years of history, the city was known as Chang'an before the Ming Dynasty...

     AMS Center
  • Tandem accelerator for Environmental Research and Radiocarbon Analysis (NIES-TERRA) of the National Institute for Environmental Studies
    National Institute for Environmental Studies
    The National Institute for Environmental Studies was established in 1974 as a focal point for environmental research in Japan...

     (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan

Europe

  • Beta Analytic Europe in London
    London
    London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

  • CEREGE in Aix en Provence, France
  • Lund Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility at Lund University
    Lund University
    Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...

    , Sweden
  • Ion Beam Physics Laboratory of the ETH Zurich
    ETH Zurich
    The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland....

     and the Paul Scherrer Institute
    Paul Scherrer Institute
    The Paul Scherrer Institute is a multi-disciplinary research institute which belongs to the Swiss ETH-Komplex covering also the ETH Zurich and EPFL...

    , Switzerland
  • Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator
    Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator
    The Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator, VERA, is a particle accelerator. It is operated by the University of Vienna and is dedicated to Accelerator Mass Spectrometry . It started operation in 1995...

     (VERA) at the University of Vienna
    University of Vienna
    The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...

    , Austria
  • Centre for Dating and Diagnostics (CEDAD), University of Salento, Italy http://www.cedad.unisalento.it
  • Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental heritage (CIRCE), INNOVA and 2nd University of Naples, Italy
  • NERC Recognised Accelerator Mass Spectrometer at SUERC, Scotland
  • http://www.rug.nl/ees/onderzoek/cio/projecten/radiocarbon/radiocarbonams/index Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands

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