FYSS3554 Techniques for Nuclear and Accelerator-based Physics Experiments, part B (6 cr)

10 lectures and four laboratory exercises carried out in small groups.
Lectures: 

· Production, separation and manipulation of (radioactive) ions

· Methods in Nuclear Spectroscopy

· Characterisation of materials with energetic ion beams

· Basic mechanisms of radiation effects in electronics

· Radiation environments governing the reliability of electronics 

Laboratory Exercises:

1: Ion optics of recoil separators

2: Ion-beam analysis at the Pelletron accelerator

3: Separation and manipulation of ions at IGISOL

4: Radiation effects in electronics

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

· manipulate the trajectories of ions through a recoil separator and compare observations to ion-optical calculations

· operate an ISOL-type mass separator and guide an ion beam through the system

· characterise the composition of thin films of materials using ion-beam techniques

· identify different radiation environments affecting electronic systems

· diagnose the radiation sensitivity of simple electronic components

· differentiate the radiation induced error types in electronics  

Students enrolling to this course are expected to have completed the courses FYSS3301 Fundamentals of Nuclear Physics and FYSS3302 Applied Nuclear Physics (both compulsory), and FYSS3553 Techniques for Nuclear and Accelerator-based Physics Experiments, Part A. 

Lecture slides and associated notes; relevant contemporary articles given by lecturers; independent literature searches.