Dresden 2011 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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SYCH: Intersectional Symposium Cultural Heritage in the Light of Physical Methods

SYCH 1: Cultural Heritage in the Light of Physical Methods I

SYCH 1.3: Hauptvortrag

Donnerstag, 17. März 2011, 15:00–15:30, HSZ 02

IPANEMA, A European research platform for the study of ancient and historical materials — •Loïc Bertrand — IPANEMA UPS-3352 CNRS, synchrotron SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex - FRANCE

The IPANEMA European research platform for ancient and historical materials (archaeology, artwork conservation, palaeontology and past environments) is under construction at the SOLEIL synchrotron (Saint-Aubin, France, 25 km SW Paris). The new building adjoining the SOLEIL synchrotron is due to open in 2012 to European and international users. The activities of the facility are centred on two fields: increased support to researchers and methodological research.

Since the opening of SOLEIL, IPANEMA supported more than 20 projects including works on pigment degradation in paintings, identification of rock art painting techniques and alteration, composition of musical instrument varnishes, provenancing of mediaeval archaeological ferrous artefacts. Once the platform is fully operational, user support will primarily take place within medium-term research projects adapted to hosted scientists.

IPANEMA research will focus on 2D/3D imaging and statistical image analysis of ancient materials, including through the setting-up of PUMA, a new hard X-ray beamline currently in its conceptual design phase.

Access to SOLEIL / IPANEMA for European user groups working on ancient materials is supported through FP7 CHARISMA (EC).