Neutron Imaging in Cultural Heritage Research at the FRM II Reactor of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center
Neutron Imaging is ideally suited for applications in cultural heritage even at small reactors with moderate image resolution. However, recently, high resolution imaging is being increasingly used for advanced studies, especially in paleontology. The special contrast for hydrogen and between neighbo...
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| author | Burkhard Schillinger Amélie Beaudet Anna Fedrigo Francesco Grazzi Ottmar Kullmer Michael Laaß Malgorzata Makowska Ingmar Werneburg Clément Zanolli |
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| description | Neutron Imaging is ideally suited for applications in cultural heritage even at small reactors with moderate image resolution. However, recently, high resolution imaging is being increasingly used for advanced studies, especially in paleontology. The special contrast for hydrogen and between neighboring elements in the periodic system allows for new applications that are not accessible for X-rays, like organic material in enclosed containers made of ceramics or metals, fossilized bones in chalk rock or in ferrous “red” beds, and even for animal and hominid teeth. Fission neutrons permit the examination of large samples that otherwise show large attenuation for thermal neutrons. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ccaf4852be19491cbd46bcc60ed03cfe2022-12-22T01:04:24ZengMDPI AGJournal of Imaging2313-433X2018-01-01412210.3390/jimaging4010022jimaging4010022Neutron Imaging in Cultural Heritage Research at the FRM II Reactor of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz CenterBurkhard Schillinger0Amélie Beaudet1Anna Fedrigo2Francesco Grazzi3Ottmar Kullmer4Michael Laaß5Malgorzata Makowska6Ingmar Werneburg7Clément Zanolli8Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center, Technische Universität München; Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85748 Garching, GermanySchool of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg WITS 2050, South AfricaScience and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK, <email>anna.fedrigo@stfc.ac.uk</email>Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC), Sesto Fiorentino via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Roma, ItalyDepartment of Palaeoanthropology and Messel Research, Senckenberg Research Institute Frankfurt/Main, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyDepartment of General Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 5, 45117 Essen, GermanyBavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics (BGI), University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 95447 Bayreuth, GermanySenckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (HEP), Eberhard Karls Universität, Sigwartstr. 10, 72074 Tübingen, GermanyLaboratoire AMIS, UMR 5288, Université Toulouse III—Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, FranceNeutron Imaging is ideally suited for applications in cultural heritage even at small reactors with moderate image resolution. However, recently, high resolution imaging is being increasingly used for advanced studies, especially in paleontology. The special contrast for hydrogen and between neighboring elements in the periodic system allows for new applications that are not accessible for X-rays, like organic material in enclosed containers made of ceramics or metals, fossilized bones in chalk rock or in ferrous “red” beds, and even for animal and hominid teeth. Fission neutrons permit the examination of large samples that otherwise show large attenuation for thermal neutrons.http://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/4/1/22neutron imagingcultural heritagepaleontologycold neutronsfast neutronsfission neutrons |
| spellingShingle | Burkhard Schillinger Amélie Beaudet Anna Fedrigo Francesco Grazzi Ottmar Kullmer Michael Laaß Malgorzata Makowska Ingmar Werneburg Clément Zanolli Neutron Imaging in Cultural Heritage Research at the FRM II Reactor of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center Journal of Imaging neutron imaging cultural heritage paleontology cold neutrons fast neutrons fission neutrons |
| title | Neutron Imaging in Cultural Heritage Research at the FRM II Reactor of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center |
| title_full | Neutron Imaging in Cultural Heritage Research at the FRM II Reactor of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center |
| title_fullStr | Neutron Imaging in Cultural Heritage Research at the FRM II Reactor of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neutron Imaging in Cultural Heritage Research at the FRM II Reactor of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center |
| title_short | Neutron Imaging in Cultural Heritage Research at the FRM II Reactor of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Center |
| title_sort | neutron imaging in cultural heritage research at the frm ii reactor of the heinz maier leibnitz center |
| topic | neutron imaging cultural heritage paleontology cold neutrons fast neutrons fission neutrons |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/4/1/22 |
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