BYU Ion Beam Analysis Facility

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BYU Ion Beam Analysis Facility
BYU Ion Beam Analysis Facility
BYU Ion Beam Analysis Facility

• Particle accelerators are used for materials
  analysis
• Jointly operated by Physics and Astronomy and
  Chemistry and Biochemistry
• An important research facility to the college and
  to the university

• Particle accelerators are used for materials
  analysis
• Jointly operated by Physics and Astronomy and
  Chemistry and Biochemistry

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BYU Ion Beam Analysis Facility
BYU Ion Beam Analysis Facility
BYU Ion Beam Analysis Facility
BYU Ion Beam Analysis Facility

• Particle accelerators are used for materials
  analysis
• Jointly operated by Physics and Astronomy and
  Chemistry and Biochemistry
• An important research facility to the college and
  to the university
• By replacing the existing accelerators, we will
  be able to increase capability and productivity
  while occupying about 1/3 of the current floor
  space.

• Particle accelerators are used for materials
  analysis
• Jointly operated by Physics and Astronomy and
  Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Current BYU Accelerator Facilities

• 4 MeV Van de Graaff Accelerator
• Built in 1946
• 2700 sq. ft. floor space
• Needs renovation to be useful

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Current BYU Accelerator Facilities

• 4 MeV Van de Graaff Accelerator
• Built in 1946
• 2700 sq. ft. floor space
• Needs renovation to be useful
• Neutron detector development
• Rutherford Backscattering
• (near-surface depth profiling)
• Two M.S. Theses
• One Ph.D. Dissertation

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Current BYU Accelerator Facilities

• 2 MeV Van de Graaff Accelerator
• Built in 1966
• 1300 sq. ft. floor space
• Down for repair 50 of the time
• Trace element analysis
• Particle-Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE)
• Particle-Induced ?-ray Emission (PIGE)
• External Beam PIXE

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Current BYU Accelerator Facilities

• 2 MeV Van de Graaff Accelerator
• Built in 1966
• 1300 sq. ft. floor space
• Down for repair 50 of the time
• Trace element analysis
• Particle-Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE)
• Particle-Induced ?-ray Emission (PIGE)
• External Beam PIXE
• Six M.S. theses
• Ten Ph.D. dissertations
• Fifty-two publications
• 1990 Maeser Research Award
• 1999 ??? Award
• We employ 5-7 undergraduate and 1-2 graduate
  students

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Current BYU Accelerator Facilities

• 2 MeV Van de Graaff Accelerator
• Built in 1966
• 1300 sq. ft. floor space
• Down for repair 50 of the time
• Trace element analysis
• Particle-Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE)
• Particle-Induced ?-ray Emission (PIGE)
• External Beam PIXE
• Six M.S. theses
• Ten Ph.D. dissertations
• Fifty-two publications
• 1990 Maeser Research Award
• 1999 ??? Award
• Employ 5-7 undergraduate and 1-2 graduate
  students
• Current collaborations with

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Proposed BYU Ion Beam Analysis Facility

• 6 MeV Pelletron Accelerator
• 1100 sq. ft. floor space
• Neutron detector development
• Rutherford Backscattering
• PIXE
• PIGE
• External Beam PIXE
• Ion implantation
• Elastic Recoil Detection
• Analysis (ERDA, for hydrogen
• and light elements)
• Microbeam PIXE
• (trace element scans with one
• micron resolution)
• Scanning Transmission Ion
• Microscopy (STIM, density
• scans)

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Proposed BYU Ion Beam Analysis Facility

• 6 MeV Pelletron Accelerator
• 1100 sq. ft. floor space
• Neutron detector development
• Rutherford Backscattering
• PIXE
• PIGE
• External Beam PIXE
• Ion implantation
• Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis (ERDA)
• Microbeam PIXE
• Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy (STIM)
• Of probable interest to
• geology
• biology
• engineering
• Museum of Art

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