SUERC-PIMS

Thanks @c14env, really enjoyed the opportunity to present on PIMS yesterday. Great to see all the friendly C14 faces again too!

JOB: 2.5-yr Research Associate position for an analytical inorganic chemist to work with @SUERC1 AMS Laboratory on NERC ScotIce project aimed at improving 10Be and 26Al measurement precision jobs.ac.uk/job/BYF775/res… Feel free to contact us if you have queries about the post.

PhD opportunity for a physics or engineering graduate to work in particle beam physics on the new PIMS systems. Areas of interest are ion optic modelling and application, ion beam matter interaction, particle detectors, ECR ion source development iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships/p… @SUERC1

Improve the precision of 10Be and 26Al surface exposure dating and quantify how fast ice caps can melt. This is a hands-on project that will challenge you to combine laboratory techniques with operating a 5-million-volt particle accelerator and the newly developed PIMS

3 new PhD opportunities with @SUERC1 @StirUni @IapetusDTP. #3 - “Addressing the global methane crisis with novel technology (PIMS-14C)” iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships/a… Deadline: 10th Jan 2020.

How 14C revolutionised science! @isotopesUK @SUERC1 @c14pims @PipAscough theguardian.com/science/2019/a…

@Jacek_Pawlyta @SUERC1 It’s around 1mA, mostly carbon! The total source output is ~3mA but this includes oxygen, higher charge states, etc. that we filter out before this cup.

@c14pims @SUERC1 What was the current?

You know you have a powerful particle beam when it burns a hole clean through your Faraday cup! @SUERC1 #highpowerphysics #bigbeams

@RichardPShanks Looks like another very good reason to go accelerator free!

This is what happens when a seed blows in an open door and lands on a quarter of a million volt air insulated particle accelerators. Should have kept the door closed!!!

Just a heads up - if you go through an airport with a military grade RF amplifier they will pull you over for extra security! Don’t worry they will let you on though! @SUERC1

Derek Fabel telling us everything we need to know about precision of 10Be exposure dating (but we’re afraid to ask) @DerekFabel @isotopesUK @SUERC1 @c14pims

Well earned @DerekFabel!

Exciting new project by @DerekFabel and @RichardPShanks. Measuring how fast an ice cap can collapse using high precision cosmogenic isotopes. Project involves developing Al26 PIMS too. Know of anyone interested in a post doc?

Exciting new PhD opportunity in PIMS! Developing the worlds first Al-PIMS and applying it to glacial geomorphology. iapetus.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

BBC news recently covered the news PIMS technology at @SUERC1. For those that missed it you can see it now! #c14pims #Radiocarbon @NERCscience @UofGlasgow @PipAscough @RichardPShanks

Nice image of the high current carbon beam on the PIMS making the gas glow at the entrance to the reaction cell! #c14pims

Super exciting to hear about @c14pims today at #Goldschmidt2018 ! This could revolutionize the way we make radiocarbon measurements!

Exciting talk on @c14pims at #Goldschmidt2018! I can think of a few things I could do with a zillion radiocarbon measurements...

Philippa Ascough @PipAscough Stewart Freeman and Richard Shanks being interviewed about PIMS @c14pims by Kenneth Macdonald (@macdonke) @BBCScotland at SUERC AMS Laboratory

20 days building the C14 PIMS at SUERC condensed into 14 seconds. #c14pims #Radiocarbon #PantechnikECRIS @NERCscience