accelerator mass spectrometry

initialism: AMS
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.08712
Mass spectrometry technique in which atoms and molecules from a sample are ionized, accelerated to mega-electron volt (1 MeV=1.602176634×1013 J) energies, and separated according to their momentum, charge, and energy, allowing high discrimination for the measurement of nuclide abundances.
Note:
AMS is typically used for (but not limited to) the measurement of radionuclides with long half-lives, such as A10A2210Be, A14A2214C, A26A2226Al, A36A2236Cl, A53A2253Mn, and A129A22129I.
Source:
PAC, 2021, 93, 69. (Vocabulary of radioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)) on page 71 [Terms] [Paper]