"Accelerator Mass Spectrometry" has come to refer to ion-by-ion counting of accelerated ions to measure the abundance of long-lived radioisotopes. Remarkably, a largely identical technique has been applied to short-lived radioisotopes produced at the Holifield Radioactive Iom Beam Facility to weigh some of the rarest, unknown-mass fission fragments. Results of the measurements will be presented, including the roughly 0.2 second halflife nuclides 79Cu and 86Ge, with an emphasis on examining the strenths and limitations of the technique and on the possibilities for future improvements.
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