Preliminary experiments: High-energy alpha PIXE in archaeometry

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

Volumn 268, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1911-1915

  Dupuis, Thomas ^a   Chene G ^a   Mathis, F ^a   Marchal, A ^a   Philippe, M ^a   Garnir, H P ^a   Strivay, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alpha particle; Cross sections; High energy; PIXE

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONS; CULTURAL HERITAGES; HIGH ENERGY;

ALPHA PARTICLES; PARTICLE BEAMS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 77953135863     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.02.096     Document Type: Article

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