I did my master´s thesis work at the Nuclear Physics Department at the Lund
Institute of Technology. I constructed an instrument in the PIXE
(Proton Induced X-ray Emission) group that could measure the mass of very small
deposits of airborne particles (aerosols) on filters by using low energetic
beta-radiation. The PIXE group used protons with a few MeV from a tandem
Van Der Graaf accelerator to hit a sample. The protons caused electrons within
the atoms of the target to be excited from core shells.
The X-rays emitted when electrons fall back into the core hole could be used
to identify each element within the sample.
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Vincent Hedberg
Diploma Thesis:
Massmätning av aerosoler med beta-absorptionsteknik.
(Measurement of aerosol mass by beta-attenuation technique).
V. Hedberg. Examensarbete för civilingenjörseaxamen, University of Lund,
LUTFD2/TFKF-5009/1-60/1983.
