NUCLEAR AND SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND RESTORATION
cod. 23647

Academic year 2007/08
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisica della materia (FIS/03)
Field
Discipline fisiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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course unit
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Learning objectives

 <br />Purpose of the first part of the course is to provide the basics of atomic nuclei, subatomic and elementary particles and related processes, in order to understand the functioning of analytical techniques regarding cultural heritage diagnostics that use these processes.<br />Following this theoretical introduction, the main nuclear techniques used in the cultural heritage field will be presented so that students may make use of them or be able to analyse data generated by them.

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Course unit content

<br /><br /><br />The nucleus <br />Elementary particles <br />Basic interactions <br />Nuclear reactions<br />Nuclear decay<br />Radiation-Matter interaction<br /> <br />Synchroton Light Sources<br />Radio dating techniques: C14 and radioisotopes<br />X-Ray Fluorescence <br />Ion Beam Analysis (PIXE,  PIGE) <br />Rutherford Back-Scattering<br />NAA neutronic activation

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