Trans-National Access in the field of heritage science at the Laboratory of Ion Beam Applications, MTA Atomki.

The Laboratory of Ion Beam Applications at MTA Atomki served as a Trans-National Access (TNA) host within the CHARISMA EU FP7 project. Although cultural heritage research is only one of the several applications in the laboratory, its importance is growing thanks to the success of CHARISMA. The variety of samples and analytical questions in this field provides constant motivation for development of the instrumentation and adaptation of new techniques. We have special expertise in investigations with high lateral resolution and the PIXE analysis of lighter elements but we can also host projects when the in-vacuum measurements are not feasible, at our external micro-beam set-up. We continue the TNA activity within the IPERION CH project.