Conveners
(T2-9) Instrumentation - DIMP / Instrumentation - DPIM
- Kirk Michaelian (Natural Resources Canada)
Prof.
William E. Kieser
(Physics, University of Ottawa)
17/06/2014, 13:45
Instrumentation and Measurement Physics / Physique des instruments et mesures (DIMP-DPIM)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
The University of Ottawa, Canada, has installed a multi-element, 3 MV tandem AMS system as the cornerstone of the André E. Lalonde Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, located in their new Advanced Research Complex (ARC). Manufactured by High Voltage Engineering Europa BV, the Netherlands, it is equipped with a 200 sample ion source, a high resolution, 120° injection magnet (mass-energy...
Mr
Adam Sookdeo
(University of Ottawa)
17/06/2014, 14:00
Instrumentation and Measurement Physics / Physique des instruments et mesures (DIMP-DPIM)
Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition)
Beams of PbF3- ions were produced initially using the 834 ion source at IsoTrace with targets of PbF2. Since a large count rate of common Pb could interfere with measurement of the rare 210Pb isotope we examined alternative target preparation chemistry to produce 210PbF3- beams. Beams of 150 to 175 nA of 208PbF3- were measured in targets prepared by adding the Pb to HF(aq) and equal parts of...
Mr
Cole MacDonald
(University of Ottawa)
17/06/2014, 14:15
Instrumentation and Measurement Physics / Physique des instruments et mesures (DIMP-DPIM)
Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition)
During nuclear weapons testing several caesium isotopes were released into the environment. Caesium 137 has been used in many studies. However this isotope has a relatively short half-life (30a) and it has already undergone ~50 years of decay. Caesium 135, another fissile isotope, has a much longer half-life ( about 2Ma) and could be used to replace 137Cs and the ratio between the two...
Mr
Sean Griffin
(McGill University)
17/06/2014, 14:30
Instrumentation and Measurement Physics / Physique des instruments et mesures (DIMP-DPIM)
Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition)
The VERITAS experiment measures Cherenkov light from air showers to study gamma rays of energies between 50 GeV and 50 TeV. During the summer of 2012, the VERITAS Collaboration completed an upgrade of the four VERITAS telescopes. The upgrade began in 2009 with the relocation of one of the telescopes to create a more symmetrical array configuration which resulted in a substantial increase in...
Nikita Bernier
(TRIUMF)
17/06/2014, 15:00
Instrumentation and Measurement Physics / Physique des instruments et mesures (DIMP-DPIM)
Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition)
GRIFFIN (Gamma-Ray Infrastructure For Fundamental Investigations of Nuclei) will replace the 8pi spectrometer at the TRIUMF ISAC facility by the end of 2014 with an array of 16 large-volume hyper-pure germanium (HPGe) clover detectors and instrument them with a state-of-the-art digital data acquisition system. The facility will be used to investigate a variety of aspects in nuclear structure,...
