Nuclear Data from AMS & Nuclear Data for AMS – some examples

¹ VERA Laboratory, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Währinger Strasse 17, A-1090, Austria
² Department of Nuclear Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
³ Atominstitut, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
⁴ Dep. of Nuclear Research, Institute of Isotopes, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
⁵ GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
⁶ Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Campus Nord, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
⁷ Institut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, TU Dresden and FZ Rossendorf, Germany
⁸ Maier-Leibnitz-Laboratory, Faculty of Physics, TU Munich, James-Franck-Strasse, Garching, Germany
⁹ European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Geel, Belgium
¹⁰ Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), Bologna, Italy
¹¹ Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
¹² NAPC Nuclear Data Section, International Atomic Energy Agency, A-1400 Vienna, Austria

Abstract

We summarize some recent cross-section measurements using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). AMS represents an ultra-sensitive technique for measuring a limited, but steadily increasing number of longer-lived radionuclides. This method implies a two-step procedure with sample activation and subsequent AMS measurement. Applications include nuclear astrophysics, nuclear technology (nuclear fusion, nuclear fission and advanced reactor concepts and radiation dose estimations). A series of additional applications involves cosmogenic radionuclides in environmental, geological and extraterrestrial studies. There is a lack of information for a list of nuclides, as pointed out by nuclear data requests. An overview of some recent measurements is given and the method is illustrated for some specific neutron-induced reactions.