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Göran Skog

Göran Skog

Senior lecturer

Göran Skog

Al-26 at the AMS facility in Lund

Author

  • Mikko Faarinen
  • S Bazhal
  • Ursula Falkengren-Grerup
  • Ragnar Hellborg
  • Madis Kiisk
  • Carl-Erik Magnusson
  • Per Persson
  • Göran Skog
  • Kristina Stenström

Summary, in English

To broaden the AMS programme in Lund by including Al studies, a new injector has been installed and tested at the 3 MV Pelletron accelerator. Detailed optical calculations have been performed to obtain maximum mass and energy resolution. The design of the injector, the improvement in the resolution compared to the old injector, as well as preliminary tests with a Al-26-beam, are presented. By using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) to measure the long-lived aluminium isotope Al-26 it has become possible to study the uptake, distribution and retention of aluminium in biological system under physiologically realistic conditions. Results from a pilot project on Al-26 in wheat plants are presented.

Department/s

  • Nuclear physics
  • Department of Biology
  • Department of Physics
  • Quaternary Sciences

Publishing year

2004

Language

English

Pages

130-134

Publication/Series

Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volume

223-24

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Subatomic Physics
  • Geology
  • Ecology

Status

Published

Research group

  • AMS, Nuclear Physics

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0168-583X