Science
Main research fields
- Accelerator-based investigations - development of Ion Beam Analysis (PIXE, PIGE, RBS, NRA) and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) technologies for physical sciences, biomedicine and environmental studies.
- Nuclear physics - rare nuclear processes and decays, investigation of double beta-decay, search for dark matter particles, underground physics, radio purity investigations, Monte Carlo simulations.
- Environmental physics - radionuclides as tracers of environmental processes, atmosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere interactions, environmental impacts of nuclear installations and accidents, climate change studies, isotope oceanography, groundwater studies, radionuclide dating.
- Extraterrestrial investigations - radionuclides in meteorites and lunar samples, radiation ages of meteorites, pre-atmospheric sizes of meteorites, solar cycles, variations of galactic and solar cosmic rays.
Research Projects
Ongoing international experiments
Ongoing international projects
Completed international projects
Description of recently carried out investigations
Accelerator-based experiments
Determination of metal elements in human brain tissues
PIXE analysis of thin rabbit brain samples
Analysis of aluminium in atmospheric aerosols
Low-background experiments
SuperNEMO and LEGEND double beta-decay experiments
CRESST dark matter search experiment
Environmental studies
Carbon aerosols
Radiocarbon in tree rings
Tritium and radiocarbon in Pacific Ocean after Fukushima accident
Extraterrestrial studies
Martian meteorites
Lunar meteorites