Radiation Effects and Industrial Applications

The group specializes in applied research on nuclear- and accelerator-based technology and operates the Radiation Effects Facility, RADEF, for the studies of radiation effects in electronics and related materials. RADEF has been an ESA supported European Component Irradiation Facility (ECIF) since 2005. Since then irradiation tests have been carried out not only for ESA and the Euro­pean space industry, but also for other world leading space organizations (e.g. NASA, JAXA, CNES), institutes, companies and universities.
Mikko Rossi and RADEF beam line
RADiation Effects Facility, RADEF

Table of contents

Research group type
Research group
Core fields of research
Basic natural phenomena and mathematical thinking
Research areas
Nuclear and accelerator based physics
Faculty
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Department
Department of Physics

Research group description

RADEF’s specialty is to provide high penetration heavy ion cocktail beams, protons in wide energy range and energetic electrons. For these the RADEF group utilizes combination of JYFL's ECR ion sources and K-130 cyclotron, and the LINAC electron accelerator. Because the emerging technologies make integrated circuits more susceptible to radiation, the group is expanding its research activities toward the radiation effects in avionics and ground level systems.

Publications

Publication
2012
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms.
Norarat, Rattanaporn
Sajavaara, Timo
Laitinen, Mikko
Heikkinen, Pauli
Ranttila, Kimmo
Ylikorkala, Kari
Hänninen, Väinö
Rossi, Mikko
Jones, Pete
Marjomäki, Varpu
Gilbert, Leona
Whitlow, Harry
Publication
2012
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science.
Ferlet-Cavrois, V.
Schwank, J.R.
Liu, Shenghua
Muschitiello, M.
Beutier, T.
Javanainen, Arto
Hedlund, Alex
Poivey, C.
Mohammadzadeh, A.
Harboe-Sorensen, R.
Santin, G.
Nickson, B.
Menicucci, A.
Binois, C.
Peyre, D.
Hoeffgen, S.K.
Metzger, S.
Schardt, D.
Kettunen, Heikki
Virtanen, Ari
Berger, G.
Piquet, B.
Foy, J.-C.
Zafrani, M.
Truscott, P.
Poizat, M.
Bezerra, F.
Publication
2012
Applied Radiation and Isotopes.
Peräjärvi, Kari
Eronen, Tommi
Cagniant, A.
Gorelov, Dmitry
Hakala, Jani
Jokinen, Ari
Kankainen, Anu
Kettunen, Heikki
Kolhinen, Veli
Laitinen, Mikko
Moore, Iain
Penttilä, Heikki
Rissanen, Juho
Saastamoinen, Antti
Toivonen, H.
Turunen, J.
Äystö, Juha
Publication
2011
Physical Review C.
Lagergren, Karin
Joss, David
Paul, Edward
Cederwall, Bo
Simpson, John
Appelbe, D.E.
Barton, Charles
Eeckhaudt, Sarah
Grahn, Tuomas
Greenlees, Paul
Hadinia, Baharak
Jones, Peter
Julin, Rauno
Juutinen, Sakari
Kettunen, Heikki
Leino, Matti
Leppänen, Ari-Pekka
Nieminen, Päivi
Page, Robert
Pakarinen, Janne
Perkowski, Jaroslaw
Rahkila, Panu
Scholey, Catherine
Uusitalo, Juha
Warner, David
Wiseman, David
Wyss, Ramon
Publication
2011
Physical Review C.
Page, Robert
Wiseman, David
Butler, Peter
Grahn, Tuomas
Greenlees, Paul
Herzberg, Rolf-Dietmar
Huyse, M.
Jones, Graham
Jones, Peter
Joss, David
Julin, Rauno
Juutinen, Sakari
Kankaanpää, Harri
Keenan, Alex
Kettunen, Heikki
Kuusiniemi, Pasi
Leino, Matti
Muikku, Maarit
Nieminen, Päivi
Rahkila, Panu
Rainovski, G.I.
Scholey, Catherine
Uusitalo, Juha
Van de Vel, Karen
Van Duppen, P.
Publication
2011
American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings.
Whitlow, Harry
Norarat, Rattanaporn
Sajavaara, Timo
Laitinen, Mikko
Ranttila, Kimmo
Heikkinen, Pauli
Hänninen, Väinö
Rossi, Mikko
Jones, Peter
Timonen, Jussi
Gilbert, Leona
Marjomäki, Varpu
Ren, Minqin
van Kan, Jeroen A.
Osipowicz, Thomas
Watt, Frank

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