Current scientific research on Electrostatic accelerator EG-5 in JINR

Abstract

The electrostatic accelerator (ESA) EG-5 has been operating stationary in the Nuclear Physics Department of the Nuclear Physics Department of JINR (Dubna) since 1965. Along with an experimental nuclear reactor and a pulsed accelerator IREN, ESA EG-5 occupies its own unique niche as part of a complex of nuclear physics installations. The beams of high-energy particles obtained using EG-5 have the highest energy stability (± 15 keV per 2 MeV), due to which it is possible to conduct unique studies of the elemental composition of solids, including depth profiling, conducting studies of fast neutron nuclear reactions, etc. ESA EG-5 is a universal research device that allows conducting both studies of the elemental composition and physical, chemical and biological modification of objects of inanimate and living nature, respectively. EG-5 electrostatic accelerator at FLNP JINR, used to produce intense fluxes of fast particles (H+, He+, D+) and neutrons; for elemental analysis of surface layers of various objects using beams of α-particles, using non-destructive techniques RBS, ERD and PIXE; for implantation of ions into the surface layers of various materials; to study the radiation resistance of materials. Unique opportunities will appear after the implementation of a microbeam spectrometer at the EG-5 accelerator in period since 2025.