The Pierre Sue Laboratory nuclear microprobe as a multi-disciplinary analysis tool

The nuclear microprobe at the Pierre Sue Laboratory is a facility exclusive ly devoted to microanalysis. The microprobe consisting of a single stage Va n de Graaff accelerator and two microbeam lines will be described. Simultan eous detection (X-rays, gamma -rays, charged particles, etc.) and imaging a re routinely performed by a PC-based multiparameter data acquisition system . Telescope mounting is frequently used for particle identification particu larly when performing nuclear reaction analysis (NRA). A unique feature of the Pierre Sue Laboratory nuclear microprobe is the ability to analyze radi oactive samples. One of the two beamlines has been specifically designed fo r that purpose. Radioactive environment requires suited target handling and detection setups. Main application fields of the microprobe are material, earth, planetary, environmental sciences and electronuclear related topics. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.