Measurement of 81Kr in the atmosphere

P. Collon*, T. Antaya, B. Davids, M. Fauerbach, R. Harkewicz, M. Hellstrom, W. Kutschera, D. Morrissey, R. Pardo, M. Paul, B. Sherrill, M. Steiner

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Abstract

We present the first AMS measurement of the 81Kr concentration in atmospheric krypton. The measurement was performed by combining positive-ion production in an electron cyclotron resonance source with acceleration to high energy in a cyclotron and subsequent full stripping for 81Br-81Kr separation. The result, 81Kr/Kr = (5.3 ± 1.2) × 10-13, agrees well with two previous low-level decay counting measurements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)122-127
Number of pages6
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume123
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1997

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