Nuclear physics for cultural heritage / / Johan Nyberg, Faiçal Azaiez, Anna Mackovà¡, Douglas MacGregor.

Nuclear physics applications in medicine and energy are well known and widely reported. Less well known are the many important nuclear and related techniques used for the study, characterization, assessment and preservation of cultural heritage. There has been enormous progress in this field in rece...

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Place / Publishing House:Les Ulis : : EDP Sciences, , [2021]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (80 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • 1. IMPORTANCE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDY AND PRESERVATION
  • 2. ION BEAM ANALYTICAL METHODS
  • 3. NEUTRON BEAM ANALYTICAL METHODS
  • 4. DATING METHODS - LUMINESCENT DATING AND ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY
  • 5. COMPLEMENTARY METHODS: γ-BEAM TECHNIQUES, X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF) AND NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR)
  • 6. PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
  • 7. CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX A: EUROPEAN FACILITIES USING NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES TO STUDY CULTURAL HERITAGE
  • APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY OF TERMS
  • APPENDIX C: EXPERTISE OF AUTHORS
  • REFERENCES