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A magnesium vapor charge-exchange target for an accelerator mass spectrometer

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The target design and results of experiments aimed at stripping carbon ions in magnesium vapor are presented. It is proposed to substitute such a target for gas targets conventionally used in accelerator mass spectrometers, which will reduce the background ion charge exchange outside the target.

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Original Russian Text © V.F. Klyuev, V.V. Parkhomchuk, S.A. Rastigeev, 2009, published in Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta, 2009, No. 2, pp. 101–104.

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Klyuev, V.F., Parkhomchuk, V.V. & Rastigeev, S.A. A magnesium vapor charge-exchange target for an accelerator mass spectrometer. Instrum Exp Tech 52, 245–248 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441209020225

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