BYU Ion Beam Analysis FacilityBYU Ion Beam Analysis Facility

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

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

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

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

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.

Current BYU Accelerator Facilities4 MeV Van de Graaff Accelerator

•Built in 1946•2700 sq. ft. floor space•Needs renovation to be useful

Current BYU Accelerator Facilities4 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

Current BYU Accelerator Facilities2 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

Current BYU Accelerator Facilities2 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

Current BYU Accelerator Facilities2 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• Delbert Eatough, air

particulates• Larry St. Clair, lichens• Marvin Kuchar, Egyptian

mummies

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)

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

biologyengineeringMuseum of Artanthropologyetc.

• Complements electron microscopy and x-ray fluorescence facilities

Fish otolith