Accelerator tank VERA with students (2019)

The Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator, VERA, is a particle accelerator.[1] It is operated by the University of Vienna and is dedicated to Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS). It started operation in 1995.

The system is a 3-MV Pelletron type tandem accelerator, designed to accelerate protons or heavy ions.

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References

  1. ↑ Kutschera, W.; Collon, P.; Friedmann, H.; Golser, R.; Hille, P.; Priller, A.; Rom, W.; Steier, P.; Tagesen, S.; Wallner, A.; Wild, E.; Winkler, G. (March 1997). "VERA: A new AMS facility in Vienna". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 123 (1–4): 47–50. doi:10.1016/S0168-583X(96)00782-3.


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