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Ass.-Prof. Dr. Karin Hain
T: +43-1-4277-51711

Consultation hours: Wednesday, 2pm - 3pm, other times by arrangement via e-mail.

Glückman, D., Quinto, F., Hain, K., Joseph, C., Montoya, V., Steier, P., & Geckeis, H. (2022). Concurrent determination of U, Np, Pu, Am, and Cm in clay systems at ultra-trace levels with accelerator mass spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 37(8), 1696-1705. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ja00107a
Morereau, A., Jaegler, H., Hain, K., Steier, P., Golser, R., Beaumais, A., Lepage, H., Eyrolle, F., Grosbois, C., Cazala, C., & Gourgiotis, A. (2022). Deciphering sources of U contamination using isotope ratio signatures in the Loire River sediments: Exploring the relevance of U-233/U-236 and stable Pb isotope ratios. Chemosphere, 307(1), [135658]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135658
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, [837515]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.837515
Kern, M. (Corresponding author), Hain, K. (Author), Prášek, T. (Author), Steier, P. (Author), Wiederin, A. (Author), & Golser, R. (Author). (2022). Increasing the negative ionization yield for the efficient detection of 233U and 236U by AMS: Radiate Report Series Report R-003. Web publication, Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6256794
Lin, M., Qiao, J., Hou, X., Dellwig, O., Steier, P., Hain, K., Golser, R., & Zhu, L. (2021). 70-Year Anthropogenic Uranium Imprints of Nuclear Activities in Baltic Sea Sediments. Environmental Science & Technology, 55(13), 8918-8927. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c02136
Lin, M., Qiao, J., Hou, X., Golser, R., Hain, K., & Steier, P. (2021). On the Quality Control for the Determination of Ultratrace-Level 236U and 233233U in Environmental Samples by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, 93(7), 3362-3369. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.0c03623
Qiao, J., Zhang, H., Steier, P., Hain, K., Hou, X., Vartti, V. P., Henderson, G. M., Eriksson, M., Aldahan, A., Possnert, G., & Golser, R. (2021). An unknown source of reactor radionuclides in the Baltic Sea revealed by multi-isotope fingerprints. Nature Communications, 12(1), [823]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21059-w
Qiao, J., Hain, K., & Steier, P. (2020). First dataset of 236U and 233U around the Greenland coast: A 5-year snapshot (2012–2016). Chemosphere, 257, [127185]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127185
Prášek, T., Němec, M., Steier, P., Kern, M., Honda, M., Hain, K., & Zhang, X. (2020). New fluoride target matrix preparation procedure for determination of 236U with accelerator mass spectrometry. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 472, 64-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2020.03.029
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
Hain, K., & Däuble, W. (2019). Selten, radioaktiv und unbekannt. Die Presse. https://www.diepresse.com/5727160/selten-radioaktiv-und-unbekannt
Steier, P., Hain, K., Klötzli, U., Lachner, J., Priller, A., Winkler, S., & Golser, R. (2019). The actinide beamline at VERA. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 458, 82-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2019.07.031
Hain, K. (Interviewee), & Möller, H. (Author). (2019). Auf radioaktiver Spurensuche. Web publication, Forschungsnewsletter.univie.ac.at. https://medienportal.univie.ac.at/uniview/forschung/detailansicht/artikel/auf-radioaktiver-spurensuche/
Quinto, F., Busser, C., Faestermann, T., Hain, K., Koll, D., Korschinek, G., Kraft, S., Ludwig, P., Plaschke, M., Schäfer, T., & Geckeis, H. (2019). Ultratrace Determination of 99 Tc in Small Natural Water Samples by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry with the Gas-Filled Analyzing Magnet System. Analytical Chemistry, 91(7), 4585-4591. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05765
Koll, D., Busser, C., Faestermann, T., Gomez-Guzman, J. M., Hain, K., Kinast, A., Korschinek, G., Krieg, D., Lebert, M., Ludwig, P., & Quinto, F. (2019). Recent developments for AMS at the Munich tandem accelerator. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 438, 180-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2018.05.002
Hain, K., Deneva, B., Faestermann, T., Fimiani, L., Manuel Gomez-Guzman, J., Koll, D., Korschinek, G., Ludwig, P., Sergeyeva, V., & Thiollay, N. (2018). AMS of 93Zr: Passive absorber versus gas-filled magnet. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B. Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 423, 42-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2018.02.034
Ludwig, P., Rugel, G., Dillmann, I., Faestermann, T., Fimiani, L., Hain, K., Korschinek, G., Lachner, J., Poutivtsev, M., Knie, K., Heil, M., Kaeppeler, F., & Wallner, A. (2017). Measurement of the stellar Ni 58 (n,γ) Ni 59 cross section with accelerator mass spectrometry. Physical Review C, 95(3), [035803]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.035803
Hain, K., Faestermann, T., Fimiani, L., Golser, R., Gomez-Guzman, J. M., Korschinek, G., Kortmann, F., von Gostomski, C. L., Ludwig, P., Steier, P., Tazoe, H., & Yamada, M. (2017). Plutonium Isotopes ( 239-241Pu) Dissolved in Pacific Ocean Waters Detected by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: No Effects of the Fukushima Accident Observed. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(4), 2031-2037. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b05605

Developing Ion-Laser InterAction Mass Spectrometry (ILIAMS) for the analysis of environmental 99Tc

Karin Hain (Speaker)

19 Jul 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Ultra-trace analysis of anthropogenic long-lived radionuclides in the environment with AMS

Karin Hain (Speaker)

26 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Why and how producing an isotopic spike for the analysis of environmental 237Np

Karin Hain (Speaker)

16 Mar 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

From the U-233/U-236 fingerprint towards an environmental tracer: Tracking down the sources of anthropogenic U-233

Karin Hain (Speaker)

18 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Pushing the Limits: Detection of Long-Lived Actinides at VERA

Karin Hain (Speaker)

21 Sep 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

233U/236U signature allows to distinguish thermal reactor emissions from weapons fallout in the environment

Karin Hain (Speaker)

2 Sep 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Detection of an unknown emission source in the Baltic Sea using the new oceanographic tracer U-233/U-236

Karin Hain (Speaker)

27 Apr 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Analysis of the global distribution of actinides and 99Tc in the environment using AMS

Karin Hain (Speaker)

4 Dec 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Application of AMS to Ultra-Low Levels of Actinides and 99Tc in the Environment

Karin Hain (Speaker)

19 Sep 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Study of the global distribution of the long-lived radionuclide Tc-99 with AMS

Karin Hain (Speaker)

13 Jun 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Tracing Nuclear Weapons Fallout Actinides and 99Tc by AMS

Karin Hain (Speaker)

11 Mar 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Recent applications and developments of actinide detection at VERA

Karin Hain (Speaker)

8 Mar 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

First study of anthropogenic U-233/U-236 rations in environmental reservoirs

Karin Hain (Speaker)

16 Aug 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

233U/236U - A new tracer for environmental processes?

Karin Hain (Speaker)

29 May 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Analysis of 333U/236U in enviromental samples

Karin Hain (Speaker)

6 Mar 2017 → 10 Mar 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Detection of Pu in Pacific Ocean water by AMS with respect to the Fukushima accident

Karin Hain (Speaker)

27 Sep 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Establishing a spike material for the analysis of 237Np

Hain, K.

1/08/20 → 31/07/23

Project: Research funding

Study of the global distribution of the radionuclide 99Tc

Hain, K.

15/10/18 → 14/04/23

Project: Research funding

Isotope Physics

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