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EMC2: Opportunity to access EMC2 services through RADIATE Transnational Access (TA)

LABEC, the INFN accelerator laboratory hosting the EMC2 unit, is participating in a European research infrastructure of ion beam facilities, RADIATE (https://www.ionbeamcenters.eu/), that currently offers transnational access (TA) to the external-beam PIXE-PIGE facility for atmospheric aerosol sample analysis to external users.

Member of ACTRIS can benefit of this opportunity for high-sensitivity and high-throughput elemental analysis of atmospheric aerosols collected on daily, hourly and size-segregated (e.g. impactor) samples, using Ion Beam Analysis techniques, typically PIXE and PIGE with 3 MeV proton beams and exploiting a dedicated detection set-up made by an array of Silicon Drift Detectors for X-ray spectroscopy. Given the pandemic situation hands-off experiments are welcomed: the user sends the aerosol samples, we will analyse them and then we will send them back.

The users have to submit a proposal to RADIATE’s proposal submission system, RADIATE GATE (https:// gate.hzdr.de/user/). Check this presentation as a guideline.

Access is granted free of charge to positively evaluated proposals. Download the proposal template to prepare your proposal.

Information on how to submit a measurement proposal to RADIATE TA can be found at the following website:
https://www.ionbeamcenters.eu/radiate/radiate-transnational-access/

After the beam time at LABEC , once the measurements are finished, you will have to submit an experimental report in RADIATE GATE.

It is suggested that you contact Massimo Chiari (chiari@fi.infn.it) before submitting a proposal for advice on the beam analysis method and requested hours that are most appropriate, and for support in proposal submission.
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In the frame of the European Research Infrastructure ACTRIS-ERIC, the CAIS-ECAC is one of the Central Facilities for the ACTRIS National Facilities and external users worldwide. CAIS-ECAC’s mission is to offer operational support for quality assured and controlled physical and chemical aerosol in situ measurements & sampling, to conduct traceable instrument calibration, and to perform laboratory analysis of aerosol samples.
CAIS-ECAC

director: Alfred Wiedensohler
office: Stephanie Schüttauf

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig
e-mail: wccap[@]tropos.de
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
9.00am – 12.00pm, 1.00pm – 4.00pm

Friday
9.00am – 12.00pm, 1.00pm – 2.00pm

Saturday , Sunday
closed

Center for Aerosol In-Situ - European Center for Aerosol Caliibration and Characterization
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