All CAEN Experiments

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

β Radiation: Transmission through Matter

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Equipment SP5600D/AN - Educational Beta Kit Beta Radioactive Source Purpose of the experiment Attenuation measurement of the intensity of β radioactive source as a function of the absorber thickness by using two absorber materials: aluminium and paper sheets. Fundamentals β-particle is

β-Spectroscopy

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Equipment SP5600D/AN - Educational Beta Kit Beta Radioactive Source Purpose of the experiment After gamma spectrometry, the student is introduced to the measurement and interpretation of β spectra, using a plastic scintillator tile. Fundamentals There are three different beta decays: β- decay

Response of a Plastic Scintillating Tile

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Equipment SP5600D/AN - Educational Beta Kit Beta Radioactive Source Purpose of the experiment To get acquainted with a set-up based on a plastic scintillator tile coupled to a Silicon Photo-multiplier. Fundamentals Particle detectors based on scintillating material coupled to a photosensor

Photonuclear cross-section / Compton Scattering cross-section

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5600C educational kit. Equipment SP5600C/AN - Educational Gamma Kit Additional Gamma Radioactive Source This experiment is also possible with the following kits: SP5600AN, SP5630ENP, SP5640, SP5630EN. Purpose of the experiment Determination of the

γ-Radiation Absorption

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5600C educational kit. Equipment SP5600C - Educational Gamma Kit Additional Gamma Radioactive Source This experiment is also possible with the following kits: SP5600AN, SP5640, SP5630ENP. Purpose of the experiment The main goal of the

A Comparison of Different Scintillating Crystals: Light Yield, Decay Time and Resolution

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5600C educational kit. Equipment SP5600C - Educational Gamma Kit Additional Gamma Radioactive Source This experiment is also possible with the following kits: SP5600AN, SP5630ENP. Purpose of the experiment Compare the basic characteristics of different

System Calibration: Linearity and Resolution

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5600EMU educational kit. If you don’t have this kit, choose your own from the following list to visualize the related experiment guide: SP5600C/AN - Educational Gamma/Premium Kit SP5640 - Backpack Detector SP5630ENP -

Energy Resolution

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5600C educational kit. Equipment SP5600C - Educational Gamma Kit Additional Gamma Radioactive Source This experiment is also possible with the following kits: SP5600AN, SP5640, SP5630EN, SP5630ENP, SP5600EMU Purpose of the experiment Analysis of the

Poisson and Gaussian Distribution

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5600C educational kit. Equipment SP5600C - Educational Gamma Kit Additional Gamma Radioactive Source This experiment is also possible with the following kits: SP5600AN, SP5640, SP5630EN, SP5630ENP, SP5600EMU. Purpose of the experiment Study the