New external beam and particle detection set-up of Liège cyclotron – First applications of high energy beams to cultural heritage

in Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms (2012), 273

Improvements on the Liége cyclotron have yielded an energy resolution comparable to that of classic electrostatic accelerators. The latest upgrades of the High-Energy High-Resolution beam line (HE-HR) are ... [more ▼]

Improvements on the Liége cyclotron have yielded an energy resolution comparable to that of classic electrostatic accelerators. The latest upgrades of the High-Energy High-Resolution beam line (HE-HR) are presented which consist of the addition of both a new extraction nozzle for non-invasive in-air measurements and a new particle-detection setup developed to take full advantage of the increased probed thickness with depth sensitive analytical methods. The suitability of the new setup and the advantages provided by the larger flexibility in choosing both the proper particle with an extended energy available will be illustrated by discussing latest results of studies recently led on Roman gilding techniques on cultural heritage artifacts by means of “High-Energy” alpha backscattering spectrometry combined with PIXE. [less ▲]

X-ray production cross-sections measurements for high-energy alpha particle beams: New dedicated set-up and first results with aluminum

in Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms (2011), 269(24), 29792983

The “IPNAS” laboratory, in collaboration with the “Centre Européen d’Archéométrie” is partly focused on material analysis by means of IBA techniques: PIXE, PIGE and RBS. A new transport beam line has been ... [more ▼]

The “IPNAS” laboratory, in collaboration with the “Centre Européen d’Archéométrie” is partly focused on material analysis by means of IBA techniques: PIXE, PIGE and RBS. A new transport beam line has been developed at our CGR-520 MeV cyclotron to analyze Cultural Heritage objects using these techniques. This facility allows us to produce proton and alpha particle beams with energies up to 20 MeV. A vacuum chamber dedicated to X-ray production and Non-Rutherford cross-section measurements has been recently constructed. After determination of the chamber’s geometry for X-ray detection using thin foils of several elements (11 ⩽ Z ⩽ 82) and 3 MeV proton beams, the measurement of the X-ray production cross-sections in the 6–12 MeV energy range has started using alpha particle beams on light element targets. These experiments contribute to the filling a serious lack of experimental values for alpha particles of this particular energy range in databases. The recent decision to focus our work on the alpha particle interaction with light elements was taken because of the high interest of the low Z elements in the field of archaeometry. [less ▲]

Rapport Annuel 2010: Summary on the study of the Tractatus Primus, Secundus, Tertius Instrumentorum Mechanicorum Levini Hulsii, a 17th Century book

Report (2010)

Overview of recent Cultural Heritage applications on beam lines of the IPNAS cyclotron of Liège

Conference (2010)

First applications of external beam mode RBS detection set up at the IPNAS cyclotron of Liege – Study of Roman gilding craftwork techniques

Conference (2010)

X-ray Production cross section measurements with alpha particle beams from 6 to 12 MeV

Poster (2010)

Towards a TOF-based solution for beam energy measurements at Liege cyclotron facility – Conception and preliminary results

Poster (2010)

Towards calibration and characterization of high-energy beams using charged particle retrodiffusion on a double thin carbon foil system

in Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms (2010), 268(11-12), 2015-2018

The cyclotron of the IPNAS-CEA laboratory of the University of Liege (Belgium) has built a new high-energy, high-resolution beam line based on the use of a pair of 900 bending magnets showing a energy ... [more ▼]

The cyclotron of the IPNAS-CEA laboratory of the University of Liege (Belgium) has built a new high-energy, high-resolution beam line based on the use of a pair of 900 bending magnets showing a energy resolution of Delta E = 1.9 +/- 0.4 keV comparable to that of electrostatic IBA installations. In the 6-20 MeV energy range the contribution of non-Rutherford events to scattering spectra became important and are not very well known. In order to improve our knowledge in that field, a new vacuum chamber especially dedicated to differential cross-section measurements has been constructed. First results obtained with the new set-up are presented. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. [less ▲]

Rapport 2009: Towards the detection of Beryllium in treated Corundum gemstones

Report (2009)

High-Energy Ion Beam Analysis of Cultural Heritage Objects

Conference (2009)