2023/2024 Radiocarbon dating, environmental research topics and supernova signatures

Lecture: Lecture dates Thursday 5th DS. (2:50 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.) or by appointment (some block events also possible). 
Lecture hall: ASB/328 

Upcoming Lecture: November 23, 2:50 pm in lecture hall ASB/328, hybrid: https://anu.zoom.us/j/84552961991?pwd=clpuTHczVUJqcEdrSlovV0swZE14dz09

 
First meeting online: October 10th, 2:50 p.m, online at https://anu.zoom.us/j/84552961991?pwd=clpuTHczVUJqcEdrSlovV0swZE14dz09 
Exercise: Tuesday 4th DS. (1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.)
-- 1st exercise: by appointment (see zoom link above for preliminary discussion on October 10th) 
During the practice times, the trainer will work through tasks and answer questions together with colleagues.

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Vorlesung: Vorlesungstermine  Do. 5.DS. (14:50 - 16:20 Uhr) oder nach Vereinbarung (teilweise Blockveranstaltung auch möglich). ASB/328 -- Vorbesprechnung online: 10. Oktober, 14:50 Uhr, unter https://anu.zoom.us/j/84552961991?pwd=clpuTHczVUJqcEdrSlovV0swZE14dz09

Übung: Do (13:00 - 14:30 Uhr), ASB/328 - nur in ungeraden Wochen -- 2. Übung: 23. November 2023
Zu den Übungszeiten wird der Übungsleiter gemeinsam mit Kollegen Aufgaben durcharbeiten und Fragen beantworten.

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Lecture Content:

• Introduction
• Basics of Mass Spectrometry (MS) and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS)
  
• long-lived radionuclides
• ion source, particle beams, accelerator
  
• isotope ratios
• sample preparation
• State-of-the-art AMS: capabilities and limits
  
• Applications -Radiocarbon dating
  
• ¹⁴C-dating technique
• ¹⁴C - examples
• Applications in Geology
  
• cosmogenic nuclides (atmosphere, terrestrial archives)
• climate of the past
• ocean tracers
• biomedical applications
  
• anthropogenic nuclides (actinides, fission products, nuclear fusion) as sensitive tracers of the environment
  
• extraterrestrial nuclides
  
• detection of Supernova-produced radionuclides
• heavy-element nucleosynthesis, astrophysics
• radionuclides as tracers for asteroid impacts and meteorites