All CAEN Experiments
Pioneers of Cosmic Rays
An introduction to Cosmic Rays and its history
Hands-on Photon Counting Statistics
Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Gamma Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5600E/AN Educational Kit. Equipment SP5600E/AN- Educational Kit Purpose of the experiment Statistical properties of the light pulses emitted by a LED driver. Fundamentals Spontaneous emission of light results from random decays of
Quantum Nature of Light
Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Gamma Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5600E/AN Educational Kit. Equipment SP5600E/AN- Educational Kit Purpose of the experiment Exploring the quantum nature of light thanks to bunches of photons emitted in a few nanoseconds by an ultra-fast LED and
Muons Vertical Flux on Horizontal Detector
Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5600AN/D educational kit. If you don’t have this kit, choose your own from the following list to visualize the related experiment guide: SP5620CH - Cosmic Hunter Equipment SP5600D/AN - Educational Beta Kit Purpose
Muons Detection
Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware setupThis experiment guide is referred to the SP5600D/AN educational kit. If you don’t have this kit, choose your own from the following list to visualize the related experiment guide:SG6211D - Cosmic HunterEquipmentSP5600D/AN - Educational Beta KitAdditional Gamma Radioactive Source Purpose of
Spatial Resolution
Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Equipment SP5700/701 - EasyPET 22Na Radioactive source (recommended: 1/2 inch disc, 10 μCi) Purpose of the experiment Evaluation of the spatial resolution of a PET system composed of two detector modules. The main goal of the PET studies is to obtain
Two-dimensional Reconstruction of a Radioactive Source
Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Equipments SP5700/701 - EasyPET 22Na Radioactive source (recommended: 1/2 inch disc, 10 μCi) Purpose of the experiment Understanding the technique of the nuclear imaging and the setup optimization of the parameters by performing two-dimensional image reconstruction of 22Na radioactive source. Fundamentals
Positron Annihilation Detection
Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Equipment SP5700/701 - EasyPET 22Na Radioactive source (recommended: 1/2 inch disc, 10 μCi) Purpose of the experiment Positron annihilation detection by using a couple of detectors composed of a LYSO scintillating crystal coupled to a Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM). Fundamentals The underlying
Basic Measurements: γ Spectroscopy and System Linearity
Download printable version DifficultExecution TimeData AnalysisRadioactive SourcesNoYes Equipments SP5701 - EasyPET 22Na Radioactive source (recommended: 1/2 inch disc, 10 μCi) Purpose of the experiment Gamma spectroscopy studies by using a gamma radioactive sources and by analysing the signals produced by the interaction of the gamma with one of the scintillating crystals of the system.
β-Radiation as a Method to Measure Paper Sheet Grammage and Thin Layer Thickness
Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Equipment SP5600D/AN - Educational Kit Beta Radioactive Source Purpose of the experiment Estimation of the instrument sensitivity in the measurement of thin layer thickness by beta particle attenuation. Fundamentals Beta attenuation represents a golden standard in the quality control of paper
