Journal of Nuclear Science, Engineering and Technology (JONSAT)
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Imaging by the Use of Monochromatic X-Rays Induced by Proton Beam

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

N Farajipour Ghahroudi 1
O Kakuee 2
B Yadollahzadeh 2

1 Department of Physics, Payame Noor University, P.O.Box: 19395-3697, Tehran – Iran

2 Physics and Accelerators Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI, P.O.Box: 14155-1339, Tehran-Iran

https://doi.org/10.24200/nst.2019.233
Abstract
In this research work, commissioning of a radiography end station using proton-induced monochromatic X-rays in the Van de Graaff laboratory of Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute (NSTRI) is reported. An energetic proton beam with a current of hundreds of nanoamps after passing through the relevant slits in the beam path, is used to irradiate a metallic target leading to the generation of monochromatic X-rays. By altering the target, a wide variety of monochromatic X-rays with different wavelengths could be generated. The yield of characteristic proton-induced X-ray emission is measured using a Silicon Drift Detector (SDD). The generated X-rays could then pass through the window of the reaction chamber and irradiate the sample of interest. In this way, the required conditions for radiography by the “K-edge contrast imaging” could be provided. By implementing the mentioned analytical technique, using the K-edge absorption of the interest element in the sample, radiographic image contrast could be improved for different samples of cultural heritage such as manuscripts, clothes, and coins in the Van de Graaff lab of NSTRI.

Highlights

[1] Diana Leyva Pernía, Ana E. Cabal Rodríguez, Simulation and evaluation of the absorption edge subtraction technique in energy-resolved X-ray radiography applied to the cultural heritage studies, (2011).

 [2] Lucile Beck, Recent trends in IBA for cultural heritage studies, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 332 (2014) 439-444.

 [3] R. Bird, J.S. Williams, Ion Beams for Materials Analysis, ACADEMIC PRESS AUSTRALIA, (1989).

 [4] D. Sokaras, Ch. Zarkadas, R. Fliegauf, B. Beckhoff, A.G. Karydas, Proton induced quasi-monochromatic x-ray beams for soft x-ray spectroscopy studies and selective x-ray fluorescence analysis, Review of scientific instruments, 83 (2012) 123102.

[5] M. Lamehi-Rachti, P. Oliaiy, J. Rahighi, F. Shokouhi, M. Fakhrai, Application of PIXRF in the analysis of archaeological tiles, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B, 184 (2001) 430-436.

 [6] S. Iwatania, J. Kanekoa, J. Hasegaw, Imaging by using proton-induced quasi-monochromatic X-ray emission, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials., 5 (2004) 597–602.

 [7] The Center for X-Ray Optics, a multi-disciplined research group within Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (LBNL) Materials Sciences Division (MSD).

 [8] Stuart C. White, Michael J. Pharoah, Oral Radiology, Principles and Interpretation., Seventh edition, 2013.

Keywords

: Imaging
Proton-Induced X-Ray
Monochromatic X-Ray
[1] Diana Leyva Pernía, Ana E. Cabal Rodríguez, Simulation and evaluation of the absorption edge subtraction technique in energy-resolved X-ray radiography applied to the cultural heritage studies, (2011).
 [2] Lucile Beck, Recent trends in IBA for cultural heritage studies, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 332 (2014) 439-444.
 [3] R. Bird, J.S. Williams, Ion Beams for Materials Analysis, ACADEMIC PRESS AUSTRALIA, (1989).
 [4] D. Sokaras, Ch. Zarkadas, R. Fliegauf, B. Beckhoff, A.G. Karydas, Proton induced quasi-monochromatic x-ray beams for soft x-ray spectroscopy studies and selective x-ray fluorescence analysis, Review of scientific instruments, 83 (2012) 123102.
[5] M. Lamehi-Rachti, P. Oliaiy, J. Rahighi, F. Shokouhi, M. Fakhrai, Application of PIXRF in the analysis of archaeological tiles, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B, 184 (2001) 430-436.
 [6] S. Iwatania, J. Kanekoa, J. Hasegaw, Imaging by using proton-induced quasi-monochromatic X-ray emission, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials., 5 (2004) 597–602.
 [7] The Center for X-Ray Optics, a multi-disciplined research group within Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (LBNL) Materials Sciences Division (MSD).
 [8] Stuart C. White, Michael J. Pharoah, Oral Radiology, Principles and Interpretation., Seventh edition, 2013.

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