The International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) is dedicated to the fine spectroscopy (∆E: 2 keV FWHM @ 1.3 MeV) and fine imaging (angular resolution: 12 FWHM) of celestial gamma-ray sources in the energy range 15 keV to 10 MeV with concurrent source monitoring in the X-ray (3 35 keV) and optical (V, 550 nm) range. The mission is conceived as an observatory led by ESA with contri...

Gamma radiation induced changes in local structure around the probe atom (Hafnium) were investigated in sodium barium borosilicate (NBS) glass, used for immobilization of high level liquid waste generated from the reprocessing plant at Trombay, Mumbai. The (NBS) glass was doped with 181Hf as a probe for time differential perturbed angular correlation (TDPAC) spectroscopy studies, while for stud...

In our pursuit of luminescent lanthanide ion-based coordination polymers, we have isolated several complexes with nitrobenzoic acid ligands and characterized these by X-ray crystallography and luminescence spectroscopy. 2-Nitrobenzoic acid reacts with Eu(III) to form 1, which crystallizes in the P-1 space group, with a = 12.385(3), b = 12.912(3), c = 17.889(4) A, alpha = 97.49(3), beta = 109.64...

Emanation of radon ( 222 Rn) from granite countertops was measured using continuous and integrating radon monitors, and in air collected from encapsulated pieces of the countertops. A majority of the countertops emitted a measurable amount of radon. Although the granites contained the precursors, no thoron ( 220 Rn) emanation was detected. Gamma-ray spectroscopy was used to determine amounts of...

This paper presents the results of TL and OSL dating of soil and fragments of bricks from a grave, which was occupied by two mummified nuns, found at "Luz" Monastery, located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The TL and OSL ages were compared to C-14 dating ones obtained from bone collagens of the mummies. The majority of the ages is related to the eighteenth century. The gamma-ray spectroscop...

During the past decade correlated α-decay chains have been observed in several independent experiments using Ca-induced fusion-evaporation reactions on actinide targets [1]. These are interpreted to originate from the production of isotopes with proton numbers Z = 113-118. In a recent experiment at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH in Darmstadt, Germany, using the reaction ...

   Diffusion of nitrogen in plasma nitrided iron and structural evolution during the nitriding process were evaluated by several characterization techniques including optical microscopy (OM), microhardness depth profiling (HDP), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), x-ray diffraction (XRD), glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GDOES), and secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS). Plasma ni...