Neutron Methods for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Part I Cultural Heritage and Neutrons.- 1. Probing our Heritage with Neutrons - One Successful Story.- 2. Bronze Sculptures and Lead Objects tell Stories about their Creators.- 3. Paintings Reveal their Secrets.- 4. Neutrons Unveil Secrets of Musical Instruments.- 5. The Glory of Ancient Weapons and Armors; F. Salvemini.- 6. Ceramics, Marbles and Stones in the Light of Neutrons.- 7. Paleontology - Fossilized Ancestors Re-Awaken by Neutron Radiography.- Part II Experimental Methods.- 8. General Introduction to Neutron Physics and Instrumentation.- 9. Scattering Techniques: Small- and Wide-Angle Neutron Diffraction.- 10. Nuclear Analysis Techniques.- 11. Nuclear Analysis Imaging Techniques.- 12. Neutron Activation Autoradiography.- 13. Neutron imaging.

Dr. Nikolay Kardjilov is a researcher at the Institute of Applied Materials of the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Germany. He is beamline scientists responsible for the neutron imaging instrument CONRAD-2 at the research reactor BER-2.

His research interests relate to development of new experimental techniques for investigation of the structure and property of materials from the science and the industry with the help of neutron radiation.  

Dr. Kardjilov has designed and build the neutron imaging instrument at HZB and has worked on the development of methods using different contrast mechanisms like phase- and diffraction-contrast imaging, visualizing of magnetic fields by polarized neutrons and high-resolution applications. These methods are implemented nowadays at different facilities worldwide and are provided to the user community for addressing a broad spectrum of scientific and industrial problems.

In the field of archaeological research he worked together with guest researchers on different subjects related to investigation of underwater logged objects from sheep wrecks near Sicily, Italy, structure analysis of ancient Egyptian bronze statues and material characterization of old Japanese swords and armor components.

Dr. Giulia Festa is an experimental physicist. Her research interests relate to the development of neutron instrumentation for applications on materials and, in particular, applied to the study of materials of archaeological and cultural interest. 
Dr. Festa has been working on the development of various neutron instrumentation and devices for gamma and neutron detection (Silicon Photo-Multiplier technology, neutron radiative capture-based counting techniques, gamma spectroscopy). She has been involved in European Research projects developing ancillary equipment to be used for emerging neutron imaging techniques on historical objects as well as software for data analysis.
  
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