All CAEN Experiments

Geochimical and mineral exploration

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack Detector Purpose of the experiment: Large area survey to evaluate the radioactivity concentration of Uranium, Thorium, and Potassium. Fundamentals: A geochemical exploration campaign aims at locating economic mineral deposits through the recognition of concentrations of chemical components,

Radioactivity maps production

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack Detector  Purpose of the experiment: Starting from outdoor spectroscopy measurements to create the map of the natural radioactivity expressed in total specific activity in Bq/kg of the investigated area.   Fundamentals: The human population is continuously exposed to

Enviromental detection as a function of the soil distance

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack Detector  Purpose of the experiment: The main goal of the experiment is to understand how the measurement of the γ environmental radiation can be affect by the distance of the point of measurement.  Fundamentals: The linear attenuation

Ground coverage Effect on the Environmental Monitoring

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack Detector  Purpose of the experiment: The experimental activity aims to give to the user a critical understanding of environmental radioactivity phenomenon. Fundamentals: The use of portable gamma-ray spectrometers (NaI) as a probe for exploring the natural radioactivity

Enviromental monitoring in field

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No No Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack Detector  Purpose of the experiment: Increase of the familiarity with environmental radioactivity topic via measurements in field which combine nuclear engineering and computer science for a better comprehension of basic physics concepts.  Fundamentals: Radioactivity is a physical

Coating effect on the Light Collection

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 This experiment investigates the impact of a reflective coating on the light collection efficiency in a plastic scintillating tile. Fundamentals Scintillating materials are commonly used in high energy

Muons Detection

CAEN Educational
SG6211D
Categories: CAEN Experiments, Particle Physics | Tags: Cosmic Rays, Cosmics, Muons Detection

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5620CH educational kit. If you don’t have this kit, choose your own from the following list to visualize the related experiment guide: SP5600AN/D - Educational Beta Kit Equipment SP5620CH - Cosmic Hunter Additional

Photonuclear cross-section / Compton Scattering cross-section

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware required to perform this experimentTo follow along with this experiment you must have an SP5630EN/ENP educational kit. If you don't have this kit, choose one below:SG6117A - Educational Gamma Kit,SG6117B - Emulation Kit,SG6117E - Backpack Detector EquipmentSP5630EN/ENP - Enviromental Kit Additional

System Calibration: Linearity and Resolution

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No 2 Gamma Radioactive Source Equipments: SP5630EN/ENP - Enviromental Kit Gamma Radioactive Source Purpose of the experiment: Recording and comparing the γ energy spectra of several radioactive sources is the main goal of the experiment. The photo-peaks are used to calibrate the response of

Energy Resolution

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Equipments SP5630EN/ENP - Enviromental Kit  Beta Radioactive Source Purpose of the experiment The analysis of the spectrum of the deposited energy by a γ ray in a detector discloses the essence of the interaction of high energy photons with matter and allows