15–18 Apr 2012
Hotel zur Therme, Bad Zurzach
Europe/Zurich timezone

From the ANCIENT CHARM Project to the future combined PGAI-NT station at FRM II

16 Apr 2012, 15:18
3m
"Himmelrych" (Hotel zur Therme, Bad Zurzach)

"Himmelrych"

Hotel zur Therme, Bad Zurzach

Thermalquellen Ressort, CH-5330 Bad Zurzach

Speaker

Dr Kudejova Petra (Technische Universität München, Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II))

Description

In frame of the ANCIENT CHARM project in 2006-2009 we have built a testing Prompt Gamma Activation Imaging installation combined with a Neutron Tomography set-up. Although the divergence of our beam is due to an elliptical end of the beam guide not optimal for tomography purposes, we have got an image-resolution smaller than 500 um. This resolution was sufficient in order to navigate the sample in the scanning mode for PGAI purposes (with ca. 2.3 mm x 2.3 mm large neutron beam). The knowledge we have learned during the ANCIENT CHARM project was a motivation to build a more precise PGAI-NT instrument with a better PGAI resolution of down to 1 mm x 1 mm neutron beam. The PGA-NT instrument should be installed at the end of 2012.

Primary author

Dr Kudejova Petra (Technische Universität München, Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II))

Co-authors

Prof. Andreas Türler (Universität Bern, Departement Chemie und Biochemie, Labor für Radio- und Umweltchemie) Prof. Jan Jolie (Universität Köln, Intitut für Kernphysik) Dr Lea Canella (Technische Universität München, Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II)) Dr Ralf Schulze (Universität Köln, Intitut für Kernphysik) Stefan Söllradl (Technische Universität München, Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II)) Dr Zsolt Revay (Technische Universität München, Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II))

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