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Selected publications of the AMS department:

2024

Sittner, J., Götze, J., Müller, A., Renno, A. D., Ziegenrücker, R., & Pan, Y. (2024). Trace element analysis and luminescence behavior of quartz in pegmatites of the Tørdal Region, Norway. Chemical Geology, 122427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122427

Černičková, I., Noga, P., Ďuriška, L., Kusý, M., Novaković, M., Potočnik, J., Ziegenrücker, R., Halanda, J., & Janovec, J. (2024). Ion-beam induced compositional and structural changes of Al-Cu-Co multilayer stacks. Applied Surface Science, 159962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.159962

Zwickel, S., Fichter, S., Hotchkis, M. A. C., Koll, D., Lachner, J., Norman, M., Pavetich, S., Rugel, G., Stuebner, K., Tims, S., Vahle, J., & Wallner, A. (2024). Interstellar and Cosmogenic Fingerprints in Lunar Soil. LPI Contributions, 3040, 1990. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024LPICo3040.1990Z/abstract

Garba, R., Usyk, V., Ylä-Mella, L., Kameník, J., Stübner, K., Lachner, J., Rugel, G., Veselovský, F., Gerasimenko, N., Herries, A. I. R., Kučera, J., Knudsen, M. F., & Jansen, J., D. (2024). East-to-west human dispersal into Europe 1.4 million years ago. Nature, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07151-3

Fichter, S., Koll, D., Rolofs, A., & Wallner, A. (2024). Case studies of three geological archives for rare radionuclide measurements using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry. Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry, 5, 1379862. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvc.2024.1379862

Loftfield, J., Lachner, J., Malter, M., Stübner, K., & Adolphi, F. (2024). A simple method of purifying authigenic 10Be from sediments for AMS-analysis. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 547, 165179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2023.165179

Stübner, K., Gadoev, M., Rugel, G., Lachner, J., & Bookhagen, B. (2024). Three Pleistocene glacial advances and a warm episode during MIS-3: Towards a more complete glacial history of the Pamir mountains. Quaternary Science Advances, 13, 100135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2023.100135

2023

Fields, B. D., & Wallner, A. (2023). Deep-Sea and Lunar Radioisotopes from Nearby Astrophysical Explosions. Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, 73(3), 365-395. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-nucl-011823-045541

Kutschera, W., Jull, A. T., Paul, M., & Wallner, A. (2023). Atom counting with accelerator mass spectrometry. Reviews of Modern Physics, 95(3), 035006. https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.95.035006

Woodborne, S., Miller, D., Evans, M., Cawthra, H. C., & Winkler, S. (2023). Radiocarbon-dated evidence for Late Pleistocene and Holocene coastal change at Yzerfontein, Western Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 119(11-12), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/15505

Stübner, K., Balco, G., & Schmeisser, N. (2023). Riversand: A new tool for efficient computation of catchmentwide erosion rates. Radiocarbon, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2023.74

Winkler, S., Mbele, V., Khosa, R., Corbett, L. B., Bierman, P., Hidy, A., Brown, T., Makhubela, T. V., Kramers, J., & Tooth, S. (2023). ¹⁰Be at iThemba LABS using a silicon nitride membrane stack as absorber for isobar suppression. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 540, 102-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2023.03.024

Vivo-Vilches, C., Rugel, G., Lachner, J., Koll, D., Stübner, K., Fichter, S., Winkler, S., & Wallner, A. (2023). Pushing the limits of ⁴¹Ca AMS with CaF₂ targets at DREAMS. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 540, 188-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2023.04.050

Wieser, A., Lachner, J., Martschini, M., Zok, D., Priller, A., Steier, P., & Golser, R. (2023). Detection of ¹³⁵Cs & ¹³⁷Cs in environmental samples by AMS. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 538, 36-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2023.02.013

Fifield, L. K., Suter, M., Froehlich, M. B., Koll, D., Pavetich, S., Slavkovská, Z., Tims, S. G., & Wallner, A. (2023). Coulomb explosion of BeO^- molecular ions-Revisited. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 538, 205-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2023.03.006

Lachner, J., Rugel, G., Vivo-Vilches, C., Koll, D., Stübner, K., Winkler, S., & Wallner, A. (2023). Optimization of ¹⁰Be measurements at the 6 MV AMS facility DREAMS. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 535, 29-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2022.11.008

Kameník, J., Garba, R., Stübner, K., Lachner, J., Rugel, G., Veselovský, F., Jansen, J. D., Usik, V., & Kučera, J. (2023). Processing of Korolevo samples aimed at AMS determination of in situ ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al nuclides and their purity control using follow-up mass spectrometry scans. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08738-8

Koll, D., & Lachner, J. (2023). Re-evaluation of Cosmogenic ¹⁰Be Dating of the Ferromanganese Crust VA13/2 Archiving Interstellar Radionuclides on Earth. Research Notes of the AAS, 7(2), 34. https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/acbb75

Wallner, A., Fifield, L. K., Froehlich, M. B., Koll, D., Leckenby, G., Martschini, M., Pavetich, S., Tims, S. G., Schumann, D., & Slavkovská, Z. (2023). Accelerator mass spectrometry with ANU's 14 million volt accelerator. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 534, 48-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2022.10.021

2022

Rugel, G., Ziegenrücker, R., Renno, A. D., Koll, D., Lachner, J., Noga, P., Vivo-Vilches, C., Wallner, A., & Wiedenbeck, M. (2022). Super-SIMS at DREAMS: Status of a unique and complex endeavour. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 532, 52-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2022.09.023

Martschini, M., Lachner, J., Hain, K., Kern, M., Marchhart, O., Pitters, J., Priller, A., Steier, P., Wiederin, A., Wieser, A. & Golser, R. (2022). 5 years of Ion-Laser Interaction Mass Spectrometry—Status and prospects of isobar suppression in AMS by lasers. Radiocarbon, 64(3), 555-568. https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2021.73

Hain, K., Martschini, M., Gülce, F., Honda, M., Lachner, J., Kern, M., Pitters, J., Quinto, F., Sakaguchi, A., Steier, P., Wiederin, A., Wieser, A., Yokoyama, A., & Golser, R. (2022). Developing accelerator mass spectrometry capabilities for anthropogenic radionuclide analysis to extend the set of oceanographic tracers. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 278. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.837515

Bischoff, A., Storz, J., Barrat, J. A., Heinlein, D., Jull, A. T., Merchel, S., Pack, A., & Rugel, G. (2022). Blaubeuren, Cloppenburg, and Machtenstein—Three recently recognized H-group chondrite finds in Germany with distinct terrestrial ages and weathering effects. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 57(1), 136-153. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13779

Ruszkiczay-Rüdiger, Z., Temovski, M., Kern, Z., Madarász, B., Milevski, I., Lachner, J., & Steier, P. (2022). Late Pleistocene glacial advances, equilibrium-line altitude changes and paleoclimate in the Jakupica Mts (North Macedonia). Catena, 216, 106383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106383

Koll, D., Wallner, A., Battisson, S., Fichter, S., Fifield, L. K., Froehlich, M. B., Lachner, J., Merchel, S., Pavetich, S., Rugel, G., Slavkovská, Z., Tims, S. G., & Ziegenrücker, R. (2022). Element separation chemistry and cosmogenic ¹⁰Be dating of a ferromanganese crust. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 530, 53-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2022.08.017

Fifield, L. K., Froehlich, M. B., Koll, D., Pavetich, S., Slavkovská, Z., Tims, S. G., & Wallner, A. (2022). Backgrounds and blanks in Iodine-129 measurements at the Australian National University. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 530, 8-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2022.08.014

Froehlich, M. B., Slavkovská, Z., Koll, D., Pavetich, S., Dastgiri, F., Fifield, L. K., Hotchkis, M. A. C., Merchel, S., Tims, S. G., & Wallner, A. (2022). Scavenger hunt: Searching for the optimal target material for low-level ²¹⁰Pb accelerator mass spectrometry. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 529, 18-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2022.08.015

Pavetich, S., Wallner, A., Bottero, H., Fifield, L. K., Froehlich, M. B., Huang, Y., Koll, D., Révay, Z., Slavkovská, Z., Sterba, J. H., & Tims, S. G. (2022). Accelerator mass spectrometry measurements of ⁹³Zr for astrophysical and nuclear technology applications. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 527, 45-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2022.07.009

Negri, A., Arazi, A., Barlasina, M. E., Niello, J. F., Fifield, L. K., Froehlich, M. B., Heimann, D. M., Pavetich, S., Tims, S. G., & Wallner, A. (2022). ¹²⁹I in rainwater across Argentina. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 248, 106871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.106871

Diehl, R., Korn, A. J., Leibundgut, B., Lugaro, M., & Wallner, A. (2022). Cosmic nucleosynthesis: a multi-messenger challenge. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 103983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2022.103983

Koll, D., Faestermann, T., Korschinek, G., Leya, I., Merchel, S., & Wallner, A. (2022). The Dyadic Radionuclide System ⁶⁰Fe/⁵³Mn to Distinguish Interstellar from Interplanetary ⁶⁰Fe. In EPJ web of conferences (Vol. 260, p. 11022). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226011022

Murton, J. B., Opel, T., Toms, P., Blinov, A., Fuchs, M., Wood, J., Gärtner, A., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Savvinov, G., & Wetterich, S. (2022). A multimethod dating study of ancient permafrost, Batagay megaslump, east Siberia. Quaternary Research, 105, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2021.27

2021

Stübner, K., Bookhagen, B., Merchel, S., Lachner, J., & Gadoev, M. (2021). Unravelling the Pleistocene glacial history of the Pamir mountains, Central Asia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 257, 106857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106857

Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Lachner, J., Wallner, A., Walther, D., & Ziegenrücker, R. (2021). Evaluation of a sensitive, reasonable, and fast detection method for ⁵⁵Fe in steel. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 330(3), 727-735. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-08000-7

Lachner, J., Martschini, M., Kalb, A., Kern, M., Marchhart, O., Plasser, F., Priller, A., Steier, P., Wieser, A., & Golser, R. (2021). Highly sensitive ²⁶Al measurements by Ion-Laser-InterAction Mass Spectrometry. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 465, 116576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2021.116576

Diehl, R., Lugaro, M., Heger, A., Sieverding, A., Tang, X., Li, K. A., Li, E. T., Doherty, C. L., Krause, M. H., Wallner, A., Prantzos, N., Brinkman, H. E., den Hartogh, J. W., Wehmeyer, B., Yagüe López, A., Pleintinger, M. M., Banerjee, P., & Wang, W. (2021). The radioactive nuclei 26Al and 60Fe in the Cosmos and in the solar system. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2021.48

Merchel, S., Braucher, R., Lachner, J., & Rugel, G. (2021). Which is the best ⁹Be carrier for ¹⁰Be/⁹Be accelerator mass spectrometry?. MethodsX, 8, 101486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2021.101486

Ruszkiczay-Rüdiger, Z., Neuhuber, S., Braucher, R., Lachner, J., Steier, P., Wieser, A., Braun, M., & ASTER Team. (2021). Comparison and performance of two cosmogenic nuclide sample preparation procedures of in situ produced ¹⁰Be and ²⁶Al. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 329(3), 1523-1536. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07916-4

Wallner, A., Froehlich, M. B., Hotchkis, M. A. C., Kinoshita, N., Paul, M., Martschini, M., Pavetich, S., Tims, S. G., Kivel, N., Schumann, D., Honda, M., Matsuzaki, H., & Yamagata, T. (2021). ⁶⁰Fe and ²⁴⁴Pu deposited on Earth constrain the r-process yields of recent nearby supernovae. Science, 372(6543), 742-745. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax3972

Bischoff, A., Alexander, C. M. D., Barrat, J. A., Burkhardt, C., Busemann, H., Degering, D., Di Rocco, T., Fischer, M., Fockenberg, T., Foustoukos, D. I., Gattacceca, J., Godinho, J. R. A., Harries, D., Heinlein, D., Hellmann, J. L., Hertkorn, N., Holm, A., Jull, T., Kerraouch, I., King, A. J., Kleine, T., Koll, D., Lachner, J., Ludwig, T., Merchel, S., Mertens, C. A. K., Morino, P., Neumann, W., Pack, A., Patzek, M., Pavetisch, S., Reitze, M, P., Rüfenacht, M., Rugel, G., Schmidt, C., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Schönbächler, M., Trieloff, M., Wallner, A., Wimmer, K., & Wölfer, E. (2021). The old, unique C1 chondrite Flensburg-insight into the first processes of aqueous alteration, brecciation, and the diversity of water-bearing parent bodies and lithologies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 293, 142-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.10.014

Olivotos, S., Niedermann, S., Flügel, T., Mouslopoulou, V., Merchel, S., Cotterill, F., Bookhagen, B., Gärtner, A., Rugel, G., Scharf, A., Nadeau, M.-J., Braucher, R., & Seiler, M. (2021). Quaternary landscape evolution in a tectonically active rift basin (paleo-lake Mweru, south-central Africa). Geomorphology, 381, 107669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107669

2020

Hain, K., Steier, P., Froehlich, M. B., Golser, R., Hou, X., Lachner, J., Nomura, T., Qiao, J., Quinto, F., & Sakaguchi, A. (2020). ²³³U/²³⁶U signature allows to distinguish environmental emissions of civil nuclear industry from weapons fallout. Nature communications, 11(1), 1275. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15008-2

Gärtner, A., Merchel, S., Niedermann, S., Braucher, R., ASTER-Team, Steier, P., Rugel, G., Scharf, A., Le Bras, L., & Linnemann, U. (2020). Nature does the averaging - in-situ produced ¹⁰Be, ²¹Ne, and ²⁶Al in a very young river terrace. Geosciences, 10(6), 237. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10060237

Lachner, J., Ploner, M., Steier, P., Sakaguchi, A., & Usui, A. (2020). Accumulation of ferromanganese crusts derived from carrier-free ¹⁰Be/⁹Be. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 467, 146-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2019.11.047

Neuhuber, S., Plan, L., Gier, S., Hintersberger, E., Lachner, J., Scholz, D., Lüthgens, C., Braumann, S., Bodenlenz, F., Voit, K., & Fiebig, M. (2020). Numerical age dating of cave sediments to quantify vertical movement at the Alpine-Carpathian transition in the Plio-and Pleistocene. Geologica Carpathica, 71(6), 539-557. https://doi.org/10.31577/GeolCarp.71.6.5

Meyer, M.C. , Gliganic, L.A., May, J.-H., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Schlütz, F., Aldenderfer, M.S., & Krainer, K. (2020). Landscape dynamics and human-environment interactions in the northern foothills of Cho Oyu and Mount Everest (southern Tibet) during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 229, 106127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106127

Ortega-Becerril, J. A., Garzón, G., Tejero, R., Meriaux, A.-S., Delunel, R., Merchel, S., & Rugel, G. (2020). Corrigendum to “Controls on strath terrace formation and evolution: The lower Guadiana River, Pulo do Lobo, Portugal”[Geomorphology 319 (2018) 62-77], Geomorphology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107247

Riisager, K., Borge, M.J.G., Briz, J.A., Carmona-Gallardo, M., Forstner, O., Fraile, L.M., Fynbo, H.O.U., Garzon Camacho, A., Johansen, J.G., Jonson, B., Lund, M.V., Lachner, J., Madurga, M., Merchel, S., Nacher, E., Nilsson, T., Steier, P., Tengblad, O., & Vedia, V. (2020). Search for beta-delayed proton emission from ¹¹Be, The European Physical Journal A, 56(3), 100. https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00110-2

Šujan, M., Braucher, R., Šujan, M., Hók, J., Povinec, P.P., Šipka, F., Rugel, G., & Scharf, A. (2020). The tectono-sedimentary evolution of a major seismogenic zone with low slip rate activity: A geochronological and sedimentological investigation of the Dobrá Voda Depression (Western Carpathians), Sedimentary Geology, 383, 248-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.02.003

Guerrero, C., et al. (The n_TOF collaboration). (2020). Neutron Capture on the s-Process Branching Point ¹⁷¹Tm via Time-of-Flight and Activation. Physical review letters, 125(14), 142701. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.142701

Wallner, A., Feige, J., Fifield, K., Froehlich, M.B., Golser, R., Hotchkis, M.A.C., Koll, D., Leckenby, G., Martschini, M., Merchel, S., Panjkov, S., Pavetich, S., Rugel, G., & Tims, S.G. (2020). ⁶⁰Fe deposition during the late Pleistocene and the Holocene echoes supernova activity, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(36), 21873-21879. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1916769117%20

Wilske, C., Suckow, A., Mallast, U., Meier, C., Merchel, S., Merkel, B., Pavetich, S., Rödiger, T., Rugel, G., Sachse, A., Weise, S., & Siebert, C. (2020). A multi-environmental tracer study to determine groundwater residence times and recharge in a structurally complex multi-aquifer system, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24(1), 249-267. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2019-451

Korschinek, G., Faestermann, T., Poutivtsev, M., Arazi, A., Knie, K., Rugel, G., & Wallner, A. (2020). Supernova-produced ⁵³Mn on Earth. Physical Review Letters, 125(3), 031101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.031101

Koll, D., Faestermann, T., Korschinek, G., & Wallner, A. (2020). Origin of Recent Interstellar ⁶⁰Fe on Earth. In EPJ Web of Conferences (Vol. 232, p. 02001). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023202001

Martschini, M., Lachner, J., Merchel, S., Priller, A., Steier, P., Wallner, A., Wieser, A., & Golser, R. (2020). The quest for AMS of ¹⁸²Hf - why poor gas gives pure beams. In EPJ Web of Conferences (Vol. 232, p. 02003). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023202003

Slavkovská, Z., Wallner, A., Reifarth, R., Pavetich, S., Brückner, B., Al-Khasawneh, K., Merchel, S., Volknandt, M., & Weigand, M. (2020). Investigation of ⁵⁴Fe(n,γ)⁵⁵Fe and ³⁵Cl(n,γ)³⁶Cl reaction cross sections at keV energies by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, EPJ Web of Conferences (Vol. 232, p. 02005). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202023202005

Leya, I., David, J.-C., Faestermann, T., Froehlich, M., Kivel, N., Koll, D., Korschinek, G., McIntyre, S., Merchel, S., Pavetich, S., Rugel, G., Schumann, D., Smith, T., & Wallner, A. (2020). ⁵³Mn and ⁶⁰Fe in iron meteorites - new data and model calculations. Meteoritics & planetary science, 55(4), 818-831.https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13466

Carlson, A. D., Pronyaev, V. G., Capote, R., Hale, G. M., Chen, Z. P., Duran, I., Hambsch, F.-J., Kunieda, s., Mannhart, W., Marcinkevicius, B., Nelson, R. O., Neudecker, D., Noguere, G., Paris, M., Simakov, S. P., Schillebeeckx, P., Smith, D. L., Tao, X., Trkov, A., Wallner, A., & Wang, W. (2020). Corrigendum to “Evaluation of the Neutron Data Standards”[Nucl. Data Sheets 148, p. 143 (2018)]. Nuclear Data Sheets, 163, 280-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2019.12.008

Capote, R., Badikov, S., Carlson, A. D., Duran, I., Gunsing, F., Neudecker, D., Pronyaev, V. G., Schillebeeckx, P., Schnabel, G., Smith, D. L., & Wallner, A. (2020). Unrecognized sources of uncertainties (USU) in experimental nuclear data. Nuclear Data Sheets, 163, 191-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nds.2019.12.004