Small Scale Facilities in EUROPE not included in the Large Scale Facilitity Network

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Small Scale Facilities in EUROPE(not included in
the Large Scale Facilitity Network)
Belgium 1 IKS KU Leuven Croatia 2 Rudjer
Boskovic Institute Zagreb Czech Republic
2 Nucl. Phys. Inst. Acad. Sci. Rez Germany
6 RUBION Bochum, HISKP Uni. Bonn, IKP Technische
Univ. Darmstadt, MLL Garching, IKP Univ.
Köln,
II.Physik Univ. Göttingen Greece 1 Demokritos
Athens France 2 IPN Orsay and CEN
Bordeaux Hungary 2 Inst. Nucl. Research
Debrecen Italy 3 LNS Catania, LNGS Assergi,
LABEC Firenze Norvegia 1
SAFE Oslo Poland 2 INP Cracow and HIL Warsaw
Univ. Portugal 1 ITN Lisbon Romania 1 CRAI
Bucharest Spain 2 CNAM Madrid and CNA
Seville Switzerland 1 ETH Zürich TOTAL
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Nuclear solid state physics at IKS ( KU
LEUVEN)(Institute fùr Kern and Stralingsfysica)

• The nuclear solid state physics group uses the
  infrastructure of the Ion and Molecular
• Beam Laboratory (IMBL) to investigate the
  fundamental structural, electrical, magnetic
• and optical properties of low-dimensional
  structures
• Used nuclear techniques (ion beams and
  hyperfine interactions) for the study of
  metallic multilayers
• surface and thin films growth mechanisms
• (radiation) defects in semiconductors
• 1.7 MV Tandem (Pelletron) used for analysis of
  samples via RBS, channeling spectrometry, PIXE,
  NRA (Nuclear Reaction Analysis)
• 100 kV mass separator for implantation of
  radioactive probes (hyperfine interaction
  techniques)
• 200 kV high current mass implanter (end 2006)
  with a multipurpose ion source (for stable
  isotopes) for studies on ion beam modification
  of materials

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Tandem accelerator center Rudjer Boskovic
Institute ZAGREB

• EN Tandem 6 MV (from Rice University,Texas)
  upgraded until 2006 (computer controlled
  operation and installation of new tubes). Two
  ion sources (RF and sputtering)
• Ion beams so far protons (up to 1 µA), Li, C, O
  and 35Cl6 (0.5-5.5 MV)
• New 1 MV Tandetron installed in 2005 for proton
  beams. So far energies 0.4-2.0 MeV with currents
  up to 10 µA
• No PAC
• 5 beam lines which can be used from both
  accelerators
• PIXE/RBS/PIGE for broad beam analysis,ToF ERDA
  for thin film analysis, nuclear reactions with
  light ions for astrophysics, ion implantation and
  high resolution PIXE,
• µ probe with PIXE, RBS, NRA, ERDA, STIM, IBIC,
  SE and IL detector systems
• Basic research topics
• Inner shell ionization processes
• Non Rutherford elastic scattering
• Nuclear astrophysics
• Applied research topics
• Material characterization
• Ion beam material modifications

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Neutron generator center Rudjer Boskovic
Institute ZAGREB

• Linear electrostatic accelerator (CW type) 300
  kV. Beginning of operation 1970.
• Ions protons deuterons, 3He, 4He. Maximum
  currents 1 mA
• 3 beam lines /- 30 water cooled systems for
  fixed tritium and deuteron targets. Precise
  neutron dose and fluence via the particle
  associated method. Fast and slow pulsing at
  30
• 0 for rotating tritium targets.
• Neutron generator
• 3H(2H,n)4He En14.5 MeV max. fluence 5109
  n/4p.s fixed target
• 2H(2H,n)3He En 2.5 MeV max. fluence
  51010 n/4p.s rotating target
• No PAC
• Domestic users 40
• Other countries 60
• International collaborations
• -NATO Control of illicit trafficking in threat
  materials (with INFN Padova)
• -FP6 EURITRACK European illicit trafficking
  countermeasures kit (with France, Italy,
  Poland, Sweden and Croatia)

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RUBION Central unit for ion beams and
radioactive nuclides BOCHUM

• High current Dynamitron Tandem with terminal
  voltage up to 4.5 MV
• Almost all ion species available. Typical proton
  beam current 50 µA
• 500 kV and 100 kV electrostatic single stage
  accelerator
• No PAC
• RBS, µ PIXE, NRA (H-profiling with 15N),
  channeling set up, recoil separator with gas
  target, low energy nano-implantation stage, high
  energy µ-implantation stage, hot implantation
  stage, industrial implantation stage up to 6'
  wafer size
• Main fields (nuclear research)
• nuclear astrophysics
• nuclear material science
• development of nuclear analytic techniques
• modification of materials by ion implantation
• radiochemistry mainly for life science
• Other domains
• industrial implantation in clean rooms
• applied physics

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Radioisotope separator and implanter at the
Helmholtz Institut für Strahlen und Kernphysik,
Univ. BONN

• Facility to produce and implant mass separated
  isotopes into specially prepared samples at
  implantation energies between 1 and 160 keV.
  Off-line facility fully licensed to handle all
  radioisotopes except gases and actinides.
• Main fields of application
•   Separation and implantation of radioactive
  isotopes for
• the nuclear spectroscopy with charged particles
• the investigation of hyperfine interactions in
  solids
• the study of the diffusion of radiotracers in
  materials
• the observation of impurity transmutation in
  semiconductors
•   Separation and implantation of stable
  isotopes for
• the production of highly enriched calibrated
  targets
• the impurity doping of materials
• the radiation damaging of solids
• Short list of radioisotopes implanted
• 7Be, 32P, 59Fe, 67Cu, 71Ge, 77Br, 82Br, 83Rb,
  100Pd, 111mCd, 111In, 111Ag, 169Er, 181Hf,197Hg
• Users

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Institut für Kerphysik, Technische Universität
DARMSTADT

• Superconducting electron linear accelerator
  producing CW electron beams from 3 to 130 MeV.
• Free Electron Laser operating at wavelengths
  between 2.5 and 10 µm
• No PAC
• Main instrumentation for nuclear physics
  experiments
• Nuclear resonance fluorescence facility with
  three 100 efficient Ge detectors
• Large solid angle magnetic spectrograph for
  single arm (e,e) and coincidence experiments of
  the form (e,ex) with xn,p,
• Solid state and neutron counter arrays
• Energy loss spectrometer for (e,e) at high
  resolution
• Facility for inelastic electron scattering
  experiments under 180
• Main fields of nuclear research
• Photon and electron scattering for studies of
  elementary nuclear excitations of low
  multiplicity
• Electric and magnetic giant resonances
• Astrophysics
• Electric and magnetic polarizabilities of the
  nucleon via Compton scattering at low photon
  energies
• Main fields of other research

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Maier- Leibnitz- Laboratory, GARCHING

• 15 MV MP tandem producing H to U ions including
  polarised p and d, DC or bunches from
• 1 ns to 2 ms)
• Post accelerator for Ni, Ge (1 pnA, 5.7 MeV/u,
  bunched)
• PAC with external members
• Main instrumentation for nuclear physics
  experiments
• Q3D spectrometer, superconducting nanoscope for
  applied nuclear physics experiments, Ge arrays,
  conversion electron spectrometer, gas filled
  magnet for AMS, high resolution Penning trap,
  neutron ToF, shielded lab for low-background
  experiments
• Main fields of nuclear research
• Nuclear spectroscopy
• Accelerator mass spectroscopy
• Main fields of other research
• -Instrumental developments (nuclear structure
  and heavy ion physics, hadron, particle and
  astrophysics)
• -Material analysis sub-µm 3D-hydrogen
  microscopy, high resolution and thin layer by
  ERDA
• -Medical applications with ions radiobiology
  with focussed ion-beams, radiation effects
  in biological systems, ion-implantation

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Institute für Kernphysik, Univ. KÖLN

• 10 MV FN tandem accelerator producing light and
  heavy ions up to Z30. Typical beam currents
  10-100 nA. Pulsed beam available 2.5 ns
• No PAC
• Main instrumentation for nuclear physics
  experiments
• Ge array with beta decay slider for activation
  measurements, plunger for lifetime measurements,
  double orange conversion spectrometer, PIXE
  installation with beam sweaper, multipurpose
  scattering chamber, particle- gamma coincidence
  set up.
• Main fields of nuclear research
• Nuclear structure
• Sub-Coulomb barrier reactions
• Main fields of other research
• Applied physics using PIXE with mm resolution
• Radiation effects in solids via material
  modification and ion implantation.

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II. Physikalisches Institut, Univ. GÖTTINGEN

• 3 MV NEC (9-SDH2) tandem accelerator
  MaRPel. Cs-sputter-soure (SNICS) with a typical
  15N beam current of 1 µA on the target.
  Alphatross-source for He-beam. Topic
  Analysis
• 500 kV HVEE implanter IONAS, open-air
  Cockcroft-Walton in a closed cabin with
  controlled atmosphere, fully licensed for
  implantation of short-lived radio- isotopes
  (111In). Topic Modification and Analysis
• 30 kV 2 MSIBD (mass separeted ion beam
  deposition) systems which can decelarate beams
  down to a few 10 eV ADONIS is dedicated for
  semi-conducting films
• and STRINGER for metal films.
• Setups RBS from 900 to 2500 keV, High
  resolution-RBS, Proton-microbeam, PIXE,
• RNRA-depth-profiling with p or
  15N), Channeling, implantation of any separated
• isotope from 10K to 800K, 1 cm2
  sweep-system, 111In-implantation, chamber
• for implantation into large
  samples. Low-level gamma detection site.
• 5 systems for PAC-measurements
  and 4 Mößbauer-systems
• Main fields of research Nuclear Solid State
  physics
• diamond like films, multilayers,
  surface and thin films growth mechanisms and
• modification, doping by ion
  implantation of nanowires and oxides, radiation
• defects in semiconductors, PIXE
  with µm resolution

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Nuclear Physics Institute REZ

• U-120M cyclotron designed and manufactured in
  JINR Dubna
• Operation started 1975 (improvements and
  modernization since then)
• K40 isochronous machine with both positive and
  negative ions
• energy currents
• H-, H 10-38 MeV 40-5 µA
• D-, D 10-20 MeV 25-5 µA
• 3He 17-53 MeV 3 µA
• 4He 20-40 MeV 5 µA
• Fast neutron sources (both monoenergetic 20-37
  MeV and white spectrum 1011n/(s.cm2)
• up to 32 MeV operated together with neutron
  scintillator spectrometers and multi foil
  spectrometry
• Applications - nuclear astrophysics
  processes
• - fast neutrons for
  future energy production technologies (EURATOM)
• - production of
  radioisotopes employed in the near radiopharmacy
  department (main portion
  of the cyclotron operating time)

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Nuclear Physics Institute REZ

• Old Van de Graaff 3.5 MV
• protons and 4He ions up to 3.5 MeV several µA
  and energy stability 10-4
• RBS, ERDA (hydrogène), PIXE, PIGE and PESA
  analyses installed
• New tandetron 4130 MC machine, 3MV (HVEE)
• Ions from H to Au with energies up to 20 MeV and
  currents up to tens of µA
• Routine operation in 2006 and beam lines under
  construction
• Microprobe planned in 2007
• Interdisciplinary programmes with national and
  international groups
• Main research topics
• - surface layers in solids for bio medicine and
  machine industries
• - new
  prospective materials for microelectronics and
  opto electronics
• - environment
• - modification
  of materials by ion beams
• - radiation
  damage
• - nuclear
  astrophysics and fusion processes also planned

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Institute of Nuclear Physics of the National
Center for Scientific Research Demokritos ATHENS

• 5.5 MV Van de Graaff tandem (first beams 1973)
• beams p, d, 4He, Li, C, O, F,
  Ti, V, Os
• 30 µA 1 µA 15
  µA 1 µA 0.5 µA
• Basic research ( 60)
• - Nuclear astrophysics
• - Neutron physics
• - Nuclear reactions on light systems
• Applied research ( 40)
• - Material science
• - Biomedicine
• - Archeometry
• - Environment
• No PAC
• 2500 h/year and 65 external users

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IPN ORSAY

• 15 MV MP tandem. Stable beams from protons to
  gold
• Cluster beams
• Six beam lines -3 for conventional nucl. phys.
  experiments
• -ISOL line
• -cluster physics
• -industrial applications
• PAC with external members
• Fields - Nuclear structure of exotic nuclei
• - Clusters in nuclei
• - Nuclear astrophysics
• - Nuclear waste
• - Nuclear physics for energy and environment
• - Atomic physics

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AIFIRA (Applications Interdisciplinaires de
Faisceaux dIons en Région Aquitaine) CEN
BORDEAUX

• Single stage electrostatic accelerator (HVEE 3.5
  MV Singletron)
• bright beams of light ions (H, D, He)
  currents up to 100 µA
• Facility commissioned in January 2006
• nanobeams with space resolution lt100 nm
• PAC (11 members with 4 external experts)
• 5 beam lines - neutrons 0.1-7 MeV and soon 20
  MeV
• - µ probe
• - nano probe
• - external beam for characterisation in air
• - test for detectors and industrial
  irradiations
• Fields environment, biomedicine, nuclear waste
  and new fuel cycles, material science, cultural
  heritage
• Facility opened to external users from academic
  research and industrial firms via a
  technological transfer department

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Institute of Nuclear Research DEBRECEN

• 5 MV Van de Graaff providing H, D, 4He, C,
  N, O, Ne
• Max current 1-20 µA (depending on ion species)
• Energy stability less 1kV
• Main instrumentation
• Scanning nuclear microprobe, PIXE chamber,
  CLOVER type Ge detector with BGO shield
• and other Ge counters, target chamber for
  astrophysics (gamma and particle detectors in
• various geometries) , e-e- pair spectrometer
  with MWPC tracking and plastic detectors,
• ee- pair spectrometer with SC solenoid and Si
  micro vertex detectors, high resolution
• electrostatic e- spectrometer with angular
  (0-180) and energy (5 eV-12 keV) ranges
• Main fields of nuclear research IBA broad beam
  and microbeam
• nuclear astrophysics
• fundamental interactions (internal pair
  creation in nuclear
  transitions)
• Other research proton beam micromachining
• ion induced electron spectroscopy
  for atomic physics

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Institute of Nuclear Research DEBRECEN

• Isochronous cyclotron (K20) for light ions p,
  d, 3He, 4He and max. intensities of 50 µA
• energies from 3 MeV (p) to 27 MeV for 3He
  particles
• Main instrumentation split pole magnetic
  spectro, CLOVER Ge detector with BGO shield and
• other Ge detectors, SC solenoid and mini
  orange electron spectrometers, ionization
• chambers and PPAC fission detectors,
  scattering chamber with Si telescopes, ee- pair
• spectrometer
• Main fields of nuclear research SD and HD
  states in actinide region
• study of fission barriers
• study of alpha optical model potential
  for nuclear astrophysics
• gamma decay of giant resonances
• Other research production of radioisotopes
  for PET
• production of long lived isotopes
  for RIB used abroad
• thin layer activation
• nuclear data for neutron and gamma
  induced transmuation
• radiation hardness tests of
  electronic units

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Laboratory Nazionali del Sud CATANIA

• 15 MV tandem provides up to 200 nA beams with
  energies up to 10 to 200 MeV
• depending on mass
• Superconducting cyclotron provides ions in a
  wide range of masses with max energies from 25
  MeV/A for U to 80 MeV/A for fully stripped light
  ions
• ISOL type RIB facility (EXCYT) based on the
  cyclotron (primary accel.) and the tandem (post
  accel.), produces 8Li beams
• PAC 1 national and 6 foreign members

• Main fields (nuclear research)
• - Exotic nuclei
• - Reaction mechanisms around the Coulomb barrier
• - Particle spectroscopy of high spin state
• - Nuclear astrophysic
• - Giant resonances
• - Phase transitions
• - Nuclear equation of state

• Other domains
• - Proton therapy
• - Solid state physics
• - Radiation hardness
• - Ion beam dammage on biological samples
• - Cultural heritage
• - High energy cosmic neutrinos

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Laboratory Nazionali del GRAN SASSO Assergi

• LUNA 400 KV accelerator providing intense
  proton and alpha beams
• main characteristics low ripple, high energy
  resolution, and operation without operator on
  site
• Main fields (nuclear research) low energy
  nuclear astrophysics via nuclear reaction cross
  section measurements at stellar energies
• high purity targets and detector systems
  available
• Other domains particle astrophysics,
  sypernovae-atmospheric-solar neutrinos,
• neutrino beam from CERN
• dark matter
• rare decays
• PAC 4 Italian and 5 foreign members

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LABEC FLORENCE(Laboratorio di Techniche Nucleari
per i Beni Culturali)

• Tandetron 3 MV with three independant ion sources
  dedicated to applications of nuclear techniques
  Ion Beam Analysis IBA and Accelerator Mass
  Spectrometry AMS
• One source dedicated to AMS (14C dating), the
  other two for IBA
• All kinds of beams with intensities typically of
  tens of µA
• 6 beam lines
• - rare isotope line, better 0.5 for the ratio
  14C/12C in samples of historical periods
• - two collimated external beam lines for IBA
  cultural heritage and air pollution studies
• - line with external microbeam set up with
  scanning facility for elementary mapping
• - line for standard
  in-vacuum analysis
• - line with electrostatic
  chopper for ultra fast pulsing down to 0.2 ns
• Main research topics Archeometry
• 
  Environment
• Geology
• 
  Calibration for timing response of detectors

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Oslo Cyclotron Laboratory (SAFE)

• Scanditronix MC-35 cyclotron for light ions
• Beam energies and intensities
• p (2-35 MeV, 100 uA)
• d (4-18 MeV, 100 uA)
• 3He (6-47 MeV, 50 uA)
• 4He (8-35 MeV, 50 uA)
• No PAC
• CACTUS detector array with 28 NaI 5x5 inches
  detectors, 2 Ge detectors and silicon-
• particle telescope system
• Target chamber with gas-jet transport to on-site
  chemistry lab
• Type-A classified radiochemistry lab with hot
  cells for e.g. PET-research
• Main fields of nuclear research
• level density and radiative strength functions
  measurements
• SISAK system for continuous rapid chemical
  investigations
• development of acquisition systems

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Heavy Ion Laboratory WARSAW University

• K160 heavy ion cyclotron
• which provides beams of gaseous elements
  and elements available from gaseous compounds
• from boron to argon - energies 2 to 10
  MeV/A - intensities up to a few hundreds pnA
• - Commissioned 1994, beam time
  available 3000h/year
• Accessible apparatus - large scattering
  chamber
• - IGISOL on-line separator
• - pin diode particle array
• - large NaI(Tl) crystal segmented in 32
  elements
• - anti Compton shielded Ge detectors
• - 4p Si ball
• - 4p BGO gamma multiplicity filter
• - Ge compton
  polarimeter
• NEW ICARE from Strasbourg
• National and international collaborations

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Institute of Nuclear Physics CRACOW

• Van de Graaff (HVEC KN-3000) 2.7 MV
• protons and He beams energy stabilty 10-3
• 3 beam lines in operation broad-beam PIXE
  analysis
• RBS/channeling
• microprobe (routine operation in 2000)
• 
  X-ray and particle detectors PIXE, RBS, STIM
• Applications - geology
• - environment
• - biomedical
• Recently external focused beam developed with a
  single ion hit facility for living cells
• extraction to air for archeological objects or
  biological samples
• well equipped biological laboratory
• Collaborations in FP5 and FP6 with 10 European
  partners
• NANODERM and CELLION

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Ion Beam Laboratory ITN LISBON (Instituto
Tecnologico e Nuclear)

• 2.5 MV Van de Graaff accelerator irradiations
  with 0.4 -2.5 MeV protons and 4He
• µ probe 1.5 µm resolution
• 3.0 MV Tandem accelerator irradiations with
  several ions at temperatures in the range of
  liquid nitrogen (LN) up to 1000 C. µ-AMS line
• No PAC
• 210 kV high flux ion implanter all stable
  elements with energies in the range 15-210 KeV,
  temperatures in the range LN up to 1000 C
• Experimental techniques RBS, channeling,
  (HI)-ERDA, NRA, PIXE, IBL, PIGE and AMS
• Applications - characterization and
  processing new materials
• - proton induced reactions relevant for
  nuclear astrophysics and development of
  analytical techniques to profile light elements
• - biomedical studies of human
  pathologies (elemental distribution in tissues)
  - atmospheric and environmental studies
• European programmes
• Fusion development agreement (EFDA) via EURATOM
• Low energy nuclear reactions in the framework
  of LUNA (Gran Sasso)
• Biomedical studies of skin permeability to
  nanoparticles

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Center of Research with Accelerated Ions BUCHAREST

• FN-type tandem, upgraded to 9 MV (HVEC USA)
  commissioned in 1973
• - 28 ion species from protons to
  gold with intensities up to 1 µA
• - 7 beam lines equipped (photons,
  charged particles and neutrons)
• for a wide variety of
  applications
• Research topics
• - basic nuclear and atomic physics
• - applied physics using PIXE, RBS,
  ERDA and AMS
• - 24 national research projects
• Collaborations in FP6 progammes
• - EURONS (AGATA, EXOSCHAP, ISILHI)
• - EURISOL
• - EURATOM
• Stand alone Electron-Cyclotron Resonance
  (14GHz, ECR) ion source
• large variety of highly ion beams at
  low energy

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CMAM University MADRID (Centro de Microanalisis
de Materials)

• High current tandetron 5 MV (HVEE) commissioned
  early 2003
• Intense beams with remarkable stability and low
  terminal voltage ripple
• Multidisciplinary facility using IBA for
  archeometry,
• 
  environmental sciences
• 
  material sciences
• 
  nuclear physics and test of detectors
• Nuclear physics beam line operative since end
  2004
• full kinematical study of the break up in 3
  alpha of excited states of 12C populated the
  3He10B reaction at 3 MeV
• testing for signal digitization of
  charged particle detectors
• FP6 EURONS
• Technical positions are not yet permanent
  because facility is new

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CNA University SEVILLE(National Center of
Accelerators)

• Development of technological and scientific
  projects among Andalusian, Spanish and
  international scientific communities as well as
  private and public companies
• Tandem Van de Graaff 3 MV
• 6 beam lines for archeometry, art, biomedicine,
  environment and material sciences
• 1 line for basic nuclear physics
• Cyclotron 18 MeV
• production of radionuclides for PET
• Mass spectrometer with a 1 MV Cockcroft Walton
  accelerator (AMS)
• extremely small quantities of 14C, 10Be, 26Al,
  129I and Pu isotopes
• archeology, geology, hydrology, material science
• Remark CNA and CMAM installations especially
  adequate for the training of young scientists
  and technicians who will be involved in
  programmes at large scall facilities like FAIR,
  ISOLDE or GANIL

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Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule (ETH) ZÜRICH

• 6 MV tandem operated in close collaboration with
  the Paul Scherrer Institute. Machine installed
  in 1963 and dedicated to applied research since
  1985.
• 5 independant ion sources dedicated to
  applications of nuclear techniques Accelerator
  Mass Spectrometry and Ion Beam Physics.
• Beams available H, He,10Be, 14C, C60
  (cluster),14C, 26Al, 32Si, 36Cl, 41Ca, 60Fe,
  126Sn, 129I
• 5 beam lines (µprobe, external beam for thin
  layer activation, ion implantation channeling,
  heavy ion RBS spectrometer and AMS)
• No PAC
• Techniques for analysis and irradiation
• RBS, (heavy ion)-ERDA, NRA, PIXE,
  (channeling-RBS), TLA, accelerator SIMS
• Main activities
• Geology
• Climate research
• Environment
• Life sciences
• Material sciences