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

The nuclear microprobe at the Pierre Suee Laboratory is a facility exclusively devoted to microanalysis. The microprobe consisting of a single stage Van de Graaff accelerator and two microbeam lines will be described. Simultaneous detection (X-rays, γ-rays, charged particles, etc.) and imaging are routinely performed by a PC-based multi-parameter data acquisition system. Telescope mounting is frequently used for particle identification particularly when performing nuclear reaction analysis (NRA). A unique feature of the Pierre Suee Laboratory nuclear microprobe is the ability to analyze radioactive samples. One of the two beamlines has been specifically designed for 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