A HIGH-PERFORMANCE C-14 ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM

A new and unique radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility has been constructed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The defining characteristic of the new system is its large-gap optical elements that provide a larger-than-standard beam acceptance. Such a system is ideally suited for high-throughput, high-precision measurements of C-14. Details and performance of the new system are presented.