EXIT
Beamline for the EXternal Ion microbeam Techniques
Participants
Project Coordinator: Ruđer Bošković Institute
Project Partners: Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium
Contact point: projects@ceric-eric.eu
Project Summary
As a member of the CERIC-ERIC consortium, Ruđer Bošković Institute accelerator facility is providing users’ access to 5 different end stations that utilize ion beams for different analysis techniques. None of these can provide analysis in the air, while the only existing RBI beam line that can use only PIXE spectroscopy in air has very limited characteristics due to the fixed size beam of low energy protons. For this reason, the EXIT project proposes to construct a state of the art system that will be based on the scanning microbeam with smallest possible spatial resolution in air and highest possible solid angle detectors for PIXE and PIGE analysis techniques.
Matching these with a versatility of available ion species and beam energies that will be possible at new accelerator hall (to be completed in 2025 by EU funds), the project will enable significant increase of users’ application through CERIC and also within Croatia. Among many of them, the most important will be applications for analysis of cultural heritage objects, characterization of complex detectors and electronics, in operando analysis of components in energy storage and energy conversion devices and also in the analysis biomaterials, including irradiation of leaving cells.
Total budget for the implementation of the action: EUR 297.000
Timeline
Start Date: 2 January 2024
End Date: 2 January 2026