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
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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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