Ion beam methods of analysis [SPHYM229]

Learning outcomes

This course, given specifically to 1st or 2nd Masters students in chemistry, is designed to introduce them to the concepts of nuclear physics and to familiarise them with the ion beam analysis techniques.

Table of contents

1. Basics of nuclear physics
2. Ion matter Interaction (energy loss, straggling, cross-section)
3. Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS)
4. Elastic Recoil Detection (ERD)
5. (Resonant) Nuclear Reaction Analysis (NRA or RNRA)
6. Particle-Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE)
7. Particle-Induced Gamma-ray Emission (PIGE)