accelerator mass spectrometry

American  

noun

1. a type of mass spectrometry used in radiocarbon dating in which the proportion of carbon isotopes is counted directly, as contrasted with the indirect Geiger counter method, using an accelerator that drastically reduces the quantity of datable material required.

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Example Sentences

Traces of such events are found on Earth or the Moon and can be detected using accelerator mass spectrometry, or AMS for short.

From Science Daily

Such extremely low concentrations can only be determined with Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, short AMS.

From Science Daily

She used a sensitive technique known as accelerator mass spectrometry to detect minute amounts of radiocarbon, which she hoped would shed light on when—and why—such an event might have happened.

From Scientific American

As she worked, Hayeur Smith entered her data and extracted small samples for further analysis and testing, including a type of radiocarbon dating called accelerator mass spectrometry.

From Scientific American

In 2014, Dr. Terberger and a team of German and Russian scientists tested samples from the idol’s core — uncontaminated by previous efforts to conserve the wood — using accelerator mass spectrometry.

From New York Times