Ion, electron and laser beams for Cultural Heritage investigations by Czech-Italian collaboration

0525007 - ÚJF 2021 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Torrisi, L. - Torrisi, Alfio - Havránek, Vladimír - Tomandl, Ivo - Silipigni, L.
Ion, electron and laser beams for Cultural Heritage investigations by Czech-Italian collaboration.
Journal of Instrumentation. Roč. 15, č. 4 (2020), č. článku C04050. ISSN 1748-0221. E-ISSN 1748-0221.
[Conference on Plasma Physics by Laser and Applications (PPLA). Pisa, 29.10.2019-31.10.2019]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LM2015056; GA ČR GA19-02482S; GA MŠMT EF16_013/0001812
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : mass spectrometers * X-ray detectors * X-ray fluorescence (XRF) systems
OECD category: Nuclear physics
Impact factor: 1.415, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/04/C04050

An overview of physical investigations of cultural heritage samples using ion and laser beams performed in the frame of the international collaboration between the University of Messina (Italy) and the Nuclear Physics Institute-ASCR (Czech Republic) is presented. Solid samples are analysed in high vacuum using particle induced X-ray emission, Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, elastic recoil detection analysis, prompt gamma activation analysis, nuclear reaction analysis, laser ablation, mass spectrometry, scanning electron microscopy, and many more. The elemental composition of the sample, the trace elements, the depth profiles, the morphology and the comparison between samples and references are reported. Both electron and ion microbeams are employed to have details of the spatial distribution maps of elements of interest.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0309211