The Maia 384 detector array in a nuclear microprobe: A platform for high definition PIXE elemental imaging

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 268, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1899-1902

  Ryan, C G ^a,d,e   Kirkham, R ^a   Siddons, D P ^b   Dunn, P A ^a   Laird, J S ^a,d,e   Kuczewski, A ^b   Moorhead, G ^a,d   De Geronimo, G ^b   Davey, P ^a   Jensen, M ^a   Paterson, D J ^c   de Jonge, M D ^c   Howard, D L ^c   Hough, R M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; Nuclear microprobe; PIXE; Real time processing; Silicon detector; SXRF; Trace element imaging; X ray microprobe

Indexed keywords

MICRO-PROBES; NUCLEAR MICROPROBES; PIXE; REALTIME PROCESSING; SXRF;

DETECTORS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; X RAYS;

SILICON DETECTORS;

EID: 77953131560     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.02.052     Document Type: Article

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