X-ray production cross-sections with 6-12 MeV alpha particles

Conference (2010)

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

Poster (2010)

Towards X-ray production and Non-Rutherford cross-sections measurements for 6-20 MeV alpha particles : latest developments on the dedicated «STANDARD» vacuum chamber and first results

Poster (2010)

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

Poster (2010)

Preliminary experiments: High-energy alpha PIXE in archaeometry

in Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms (2010), 268(11-12), 1911-1915

This paper describes the work realized at the "Centre Europeen d'Archeometrie" to highlight the utility of high-energy alpha PIXE in the particular field of archaeometry and to introduce the developments ... [more ▼]

This paper describes the work realized at the "Centre Europeen d'Archeometrie" to highlight the utility of high-energy alpha PIXE in the particular field of archaeometry and to introduce the developments done and to be clone to complete the knowledge of high-energy alpha PIXE. It starts with the comparison of the yield and the noise background between several alpha particle beams and the comparison between alpha particle and proton beams on different thick and thin references. After, this paper depicts the developments done at the "Institut de Physique Nucleaire, Atomique et Spectroscopie" to perform such high-energy experiments, first on standards and later on cultural heritage objects. Moreover, it introduces the problematics of such beams for the quantification in PIXE by the intermediary of the knowledge of the ionization and X-ray production cross-sections and also the developments done to answer to this serious lack in the databases. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. [less ▲]

Atomic structure calculations and Beam-foil observations of La IV

in Canadian Journal of Physics (2009), 87

Relativistic Hartree–Fock and multiconfigurational Dirac–Fock calculations of atomic structure and transition rates have been carried out in trebly ionized lanthanum (La3+, Z = 57). The calculations have ... [more ▼]

Relativistic Hartree–Fock and multiconfigurational Dirac–Fock calculations of atomic structure and transition rates have been carried out in trebly ionized lanthanum (La3+, Z = 57). The calculations have to cope with configuration interaction effects but also with the very complex situation of the collapse of the 4f wave function. The calculations are compared to experimental data obtained with beam-foil spectroscopy in the extreme ultraviolet, at ion energies that favour <br />the production of the spectrum La IV. Besides lines known from sliding spark discharges, many more lines are observed that have not yet been identified. Time-resolved measurements yield three level lifetimes in La IV that agree roughly with the results of our own calculations. [less ▲]

Lifetime and transition probability determinationin Xe IX

in Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer (2009), 110

A new set of transition probabilities is proposed for Xe IX.They have been calculated by two different theoretical approaches i.e. a fully relativistic multiconfiguration Dirac–Fock (MCDF) method and a ... [more ▼]

A new set of transition probabilities is proposed for Xe IX.They have been calculated by two different theoretical approaches i.e. a fully relativistic multiconfiguration Dirac–Fock (MCDF) method and a partly relativistic Hartree–Fock (HFR) approach takingcore-polarization effects in to account. Their accuracy has been evaluated through comparisons with lifetimeme asurements for 11 levels performed using beams of Xeþ ions produced by a 2 MVV an de Graaff accelerator. The agreement theory-experimentis nice for most of the levels and gives more weight to the theoretical models used for the calculations and, consequently,to the new transition probabilities [less ▲]

Recent developements at the IPNAS Cyclotron of Liege - Use of High-Energy Alpha and proton beams for RBS measurements on cultural heritage artefacts

Poster (2008)

Middle energy PIXE preliminary experiments

Conference (2008)

Portable EDXRF/UV-vis spectrometer, two complementary techniques on a mobile system used for Archaeometry research on the Noble tomb of Menna TT-69, Gourna, Egypt

Conference (2008)