Adam Hunt
Adam began his PhD in Chemistry at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ in 2002. During his time at ¶¶Òõ̽̽,
Adam pursued a multidisciplinary research project employing his
expertise in chemistry to answer questions that have improved the
cosmogenic
10Be research methods in Dr. Paul Bierman's Geology
Department lab.
PhD dissertation (University of Vermont, 2007)
Analysis of factors that affect
ion beam currents for cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al analysis by accelerator
mass spectrometer
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ppt of PhD dissertation defense slides
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pdf of PhD dissertation
Undergraduate Degree
Connecticut College, B.A., 1996
Current Position and Contact Information (4/2008)
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Chemistry
The University of
Vermont
Cook Physical Sciences Building
82 University Place
Burlington VT 05405
Refereed Papers
Hunt, A. L., Larsen, J., Bierman, P. R., and Petrucci,
G. A., (2008) Investigation of factors that affect the sensitivity of
accelerator mass spectrometry for cosmogenic
10Be and
26Al isotope analysis. Analytical Chemistry. v. 80(5), p.
1656-1663.
Hunt, A. L., Petrucci, G. A., Bierman, P. R. and Finkel,
R. C. (2007) Investigation of metal matrix systems for cosmogenic
26Al
analysis by accelerator mass spectrometry. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in
Physics Research Section B: Beam Interaction with Materials and Atoms. v. 260(2), p. 633-636.
Hunt, A. L., Petrucci, G. A., Bierman, P. R., and Finkel,
R. C., (2006) Metal matrices to optimize ion beam currents for accelerator
mass spectrometry. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research
Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. v. 243(1), p.
216-222.
Abstracts
Hunt, A. L., Petrucci, G. A., Bierman, P. R. and Finkel, R. C.
(2005) The effect of matrix electron affinity on ion beam currents for
BeO analysis. The 10th International Conference on Accelerator Mass
Spectrometry. ()
***Hunt, A. L., Bierman, P. R., Petrucci, G. A. and Finkel, R. C.
(2004) Effects of metal mixing matrices on beryllium beam currents.
ESF-IAAMS conference, Arran, Scotland.