Chiari M, Barone S, Bombini A, Calzolai G, Carraresi L, Castelli L, Czelusniak C, Fedi M E, Gelli N, Giambi F, Giardi F, Giuntini L, Lagomarsino S, Liccioli L, Lucarelli F, Manetti M, Massi M, Mazzinghi A, Nava S, Ottanelli P, Sciortino S, Ruberto C, Sodi L, Taccetti F, Mandò P A
INFN Division of Florence and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
Eur Phys J Plus. 2021;136(4):472. doi: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01411-1. Epub 2021 Apr 30.
The LABEC laboratory, the INFN ion beam laboratory of nuclear techniques for environment and cultural heritage, located in the Scientific and Technological Campus of the University of Florence in Sesto Fiorentino, started its operational activities in 2004, after INFN decided in 2001 to provide our applied nuclear physics group with a large laboratory dedicated to applications of accelerator-related analytical techniques, based on a new 3 MV Tandetron accelerator. The new accelerator greatly improved the performance of existing Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) applications (for which we were using since the 1980s an old single-ended Van de Graaff accelerator) and in addition allowed to start a novel activity of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS), in particular for C dating. Switching between IBA and AMS operation became very easy and fast, which allowed us high flexibility in programming the activities, mainly focused on studies of cultural heritage and atmospheric aerosol composition, but including also applications to biology, geology, material science and forensics, ion implantation, tests of radiation damage to components, detector performance tests and low-energy nuclear physics. This paper describes the facilities presently available in the LABEC laboratory, their technical features and some success stories of recent applications.
LABEC实验室是位于佛罗伦萨大学塞斯托菲奥伦蒂诺科技园区的国家核物理研究所（INFN）环境与文化遗产核技术离子束实验室。2001年，INFN决定为我们的应用核物理团队提供一个大型实验室，该实验室基于一台新的3兆伏串列加速器，专门用于加速器相关分析技术的应用。2004年，该实验室开始投入运营。这台新加速器极大地提升了现有离子束分析（IBA）应用的性能（自20世纪80年代以来，我们一直使用一台旧的单端范德格拉夫加速器进行IBA应用），此外还开启了加速器质谱（AMS）的全新业务，尤其是用于碳年代测定。在IBA和AMS操作之间进行切换变得非常轻松快捷，这使我们在安排活动时具有很高的灵活性，主要集中在文化遗产和大气气溶胶成分研究方面，但也包括生物学、地质学、材料科学和法医学应用、离子注入、部件辐射损伤测试、探测器性能测试以及低能核物理研究。本文介绍了LABEC实验室目前可用的设施、它们的技术特点以及近期应用的一些成功案例。
