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¹⁴C wiggle-matching was applied to two wood samples closely related to geological and archaeological events with associated dendrochronological dates, to demonstrate the accuracy of ¹⁴C dating with accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). Wiggle-matching on charred wood with bark, excavated from a pyroclastic mud-flow deposited by the huge 10th Century eruption of the Baitoushan Volcano, revealed the eruption age as cal A.D. 935 +8/-5 with 95% confidence. This date is consistent with the eruption age of A.D. 912 to A.D. 972 estimated by dendrochronology on two wooden boards that had clear stratigraphical connections to the B-Tm tephra deposit in Japan, an ash fall layer formed by the eruption of the Baitoushan Volcano. The date is also consistent with an A.D. 937–938 date estimated by the analysis of varved sediments from Lake Ogawarako in Aomori prefecture. The other wooden board collected from the Mawaki archaeological site in Ishikawa prefecture was wiggle-matched as 783 +13/-11 cal B.C. with 95% confidence, which is consistent with the dates of 830 cal B.C. to 759 cal B.C. obtained for seven wooden poles from the same wooden structures as the wooden board. These results are highly encouraging for obtaining accurate dates on wood when dendrochronology cannot be used.

La détermination de la concentration des RadioNucléides à Vie Longue (RNVL) dans les déchets de l'industrie nucléaire est essentielle pour la gestion sur le long terme des sites de stockages. Cette étude se focalise sur la détermination de la concentration de trois RNVL : 129I, 41Ca et 10Be dans les résines échangeuses d'ions utilisées pour la purification du fluide primaire des Réacteurs à Eau Pressurisée (REP). Afin d'exploiter les potentialités de la Spectrométrie de Masse par Accélérateur (SMA) pour mesurer ces radionucléides présents en de très faibles concentrations, des procédures analytiques spécifiques ont été développées incluant : 1) la minéralisation des échantillons, 2) l'extraction sélective des analytes, 3) le conditionnement pour la mesure par SMA. Appliquées à des échantillons de résines usées provenant d'une centrale EDF (REP 900 MWe), les procédures développées ont permis l'extraction quantitative et sélective des RNVL d'intérêt vis-à-vis des émetteurs β-γ et des isobares avant leur mesure par SMA sur l'instrument national ASTER (CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence). L'iode 129, le calcium 41 et le béryllium 10 ont été mesurés dans les résines usées à des concentrations de l'ordre de 10 ng/g, 20 pg/g et 4 ng/g de résine sèche, respectivement. Pour ce qui concerne l'iode 129 et le calcium 41, ces concentrations sont en accord avec celles estimées à partir de facteurs de corrélation établis relativement à des émetteurs gamma facilement mesurables (137Cs et 60Co). Dans le cas du béryllium 10, les résultats obtenus différent significativement des valeurs attendues mais sont cohérents avec de précédentes mesures réalisées par ICP-MS. / Determining the concentration of Long-Lived RadioNuclides (LLRN) in nuclear waste is fundamental for the long term management of storage sites. This study focuses on the determination of three LLRN concentrations, i.e. 129I, 41Ca and 10Be, in ion exchange resins used for primary fluid purification in Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR). To benefit from the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) technique allowing to measure extremely low levels of nuclide concentrations, analytical procedures including: 1) sample dissolution; 2) selective and quantitative extraction of the analyte; and, 3) analyte conditioning for AMS measurements, were developed. Applied on spent resin samples collected at a 900 MW PWR, the procedures developed for each studied LLRN allowed their quantitative recovery and their selective extraction from β-γ emitters and isobars. The concentration measurements of the LLRN of interest were then performed on the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry national facility ASTER housed by the Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement (CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence). 129I, 41Ca and 10Be concentrations in spent resins were measured to be about 10 ng/g, 20 pg/g and 4 ng/g of dry resin, respectively. Considering 129I and 41Ca, the measured concentrations agree with those assessed from scaling factors established relatively to easily measured gamma emitters (137Cs and 60Co). For 10Be, the presented results are significantly different from expected values but are in agreement with previous ICP-MS results.

[pt] Os ensaios que compõem a presente tese investigam, no contexto de modelos monetários de equilíbrio geral nos moldes novo- keynesianos, algumas questões de interesse relativas condução da política monetária e às características das flutuações macroeconômicas. O primeiro ensaio analisa as propriedades das políticas ótimas de desinflação, buscando determinar as condições sob as quais: (i) a trajetória ótima de desinflação envolve perdas substanciais de produto; (ii) uma estratégia de desinflação rápida é preferível a uma desinflação gradual. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, a existência de diferentes graus de fricções monetárias e de inércia no produto e na inflação permite justificar diferentes trajetórias ótimas de desinflação, algumas envolvendo queda rápida e indolor da inflação, outras associadas a lenta redução das taxas inflacionárias acompanhada de forte recessão. No segundo ensaio, investiga-se a relação entre as imperfeições no mercado de crédito e o grau de amplificação de choques na economia associado ao chamado acelerador financeiro. A partir de simulações de um modelo teórico que incorpora dois tipos de fricções no mercado de crédito, conclui-se que a potência do acelerador financeiro na amplificação de choques monetários pode aumentar ou diminuir com as fricções do mercado de crédito, dependendo do nível inicial e do tipo de imperfeição considerada. O último ensaio investiga empiricamente a relação entre imperfeições no mercado de crédito, amplificação de choques e volatilidade macroeconômica a partir de um painel de dados sócio-econômicos para 62 países. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, que são consistentes com o modelo desenvolvido no segundo ensaio, a volatilidade macroeconômica varia de forma não- monotonica com o viés anticredor do sistema jírídico- legal, mas parece aumentar com os custos de cumprimento de contratos / [en] This thesis consists of three essays on economic fluctuations and monetary policy issues, which are investigated within New- Keynesian monetary general equilibrium models. The first essay analyzes the properties of optimal disinflation policies, seeking to identify conditions under which: (i) the optimal disinflationary path involves significant output losses; (ii) a rapid disinflation is preferable to a gradual one. According to our results, different degrees of monetary frictions and inertia in output or inflation may lead to different optimal disinflationary policies - some of which will be quick and painless, while others will proceed slowly and generate deep recessions. The second essay investigates the relationship between credit market imperfections and the degree of shock amplification arising from the so-called financial accelerator, by simulating a macroeconomic model with two types of financial frictions. According to our results, the power of the financial accelerator may either increase or decrease with financial frictions, depending on the source and initial level of such frictions. The third essay provides an empirical investigation of the relationship between credit market imperfections, shock amplification and macroeconomic volatility, based on socioeconomic data from a panel of 62 countries. According to our results, which are consistent with the theoretical model developed in the second essay, macroeconomic volatility seems to increase with contract enforcement costs, but varies non-monotonically with the degree of anti-creditor bias in the judicial and legal system

Notre recherche en didactique des sciences, explore la potentialité des objets scientifiques contemporains à devenir des objets de patrimoine à travers un cas d'étude : l'accélérateur de particules Cockcroft-Walton (CW). Nous faisons l'hypothèse que la valorisation des objets scientifiques contemporains, étape importante du processus de patrimonialisation, est spécifique et nécessite une expertise particulière. Notre travail a été réalisé grâce au dispositif CIFRE, nous permettant de travailler aux côtés du musée des Confluences à Lyon, qui expose un accélérateur de particules CW dans Sociétés : le théâtre des hommes. L'Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL) possède également un appareil de ce type, qui est aujourd'hui au cœur d'un projet de valorisation. Notre analyse s'appuie sur une étude du contexte, historique, épistémologique et social, de « naissance » du premier accélérateur CW et d'une étude scientifique de l'objet. Nous avons également mené deux enquêtes, la première visant à retracer la trajectoire de l'accélérateur CW à Lyon, la seconde à retrouver l'ensemble des accélérateurs CW dans le monde. En nous appuyant sur différents travaux qui ont souligné les étapes du processus de patrimonialisation, nous avons caractérisé les spécificités du patrimoine scientifique contemporain, et recherché les traces laissées par ces caractéristiques dans la mise en exposition de l'objet. Nos résultats mettent en évidence le manque d'informations permettant l'interprétation et l'appropriation de l'accélérateur CW par un public, et nous invitent à interroger le contenu représentationnel de l'objet, véhiculé à travers d'autres contextes d'utilisation, formel ou fictionnel / Our thesis in science education explore the potentiality of contemporary scientific objects to become objects of heritage through a study case: the Cockcroft-Walton particle accelerator (CW). We call it “patrimonialisation” (the making of heritage) according to Information and Communication Sciences. We assume that the value of contemporary scientific objects, an important stage of the patrimonialisation, is specific and requires a particular expertise. Our work was realized thanks to a french financing facility, allowing us to work with Le musée des Confluences in Lyon (France), which exposes a particle accelerator CW in Societies: the human theater. The Institute of Lyon Nuclear physics (IPNL) also possesses a device of this type, who is the focus of a recognition project. sing a multidisciplinary approach, our analysis begin with a study of historical, epistemological, social and scientific context, of the first one CW. We also led two inquiries, the first one to redraw the accelerator CW trajectory in Lyon, the second to find all the accelerators CW in the world. Several studies have indeed highlighted the stages of the patrimonialisation. Relying on these studies we characterized the specificities of the contemporary scientific heritage, and looked for tracks left by these characteristics in the exhibition text (museography). Our results demonstrate the lack of information allowing the interpretation (lecture) and the appropriation of the accelerator CW by a public, and invite us to question the representational contents of the object, conveyed through other contexts of use, formal or fictional

The γ-ray characterizing possibility of the neutron collimated flux monitor (in short, Neutron Camera) at the Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak (MAST) is explored. Typically used to monitor neutron emission, the Neutron Camera has excellent neutron/γ-ray discrimination properties and thus presents the opportunity to measure spatially and temporally resolved γ-ray emission - a possibility of an additional fusion diagnostics method with already existing equipment. An Online Data Analysis (ODA) code was used to analyze the data on γ-rays from several plasma discharges with similar plasma parameters. A high statistics temporal distribution of the γ-ray emission and a lower statistics spatial distribution were analyzed. However, the low energy resolution and range for the Neutron Camera γ-ray measurements revealed few conclusive results on the origin of the higher energy γ-rays. Detection systems with higher energy resolution and range are suggested for an extensive analysis of γ-ray emission at MAST Upgrade.

After nearly 100 years of particle acceleration, particle accelerator experiments continue providing results within the field of high energy physics. Particle acceleration is used worldwide in practical applications such as radiation therapy and materials science research. Unfortunately, these accelerators are large and expensive. Dielectric Laser Acceleration (DLA) is a promising technique for accelerating particles with high acceleration gradients, without requiring large-scale accelerators. DLA utilizes the electric field of a high energy laser to accelerate electrons in the proximity of a nanostructured dielectric surface.The aim of this project was limited to laser beam routing and imaging techniques for a DLA experiment. The goal was to design the laser beam pathway between the laser and the dielectric sample, and testing a proposed imaging system for aiming the laser. This goal was achieved in a test setup using a low-energy laser. In the main setup including a femtosecond laser, the result indicated lack of focus. For a full experimental setup, a correction of this focus is essential and the beam path would need to be combined with a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) as an electron source.

Neste trabalho apresentamos um estudo das reações nucleares de alta energia que são fundamentais na definição do termo fonte dos reatores nucleares subcríticos acionados por fonte externa. Estas reações nucleares, também conhecidas como \"spallation\", consistem na interação de hádrons de alta energia com os núcleons do núcleo atômico. A fenomenologia destas reações consiste em duas etapas, sendo que à primeira, o próton interage através de espalhamentos múltiplos, em um processo denominado cascata intra-nuclear seguido da etapa na qual o núcleo excitado oriundo da cascata intranuclear ou evapora partículas de forma a atingir estados energéticos moderados ou fissiona, em um processo conhecido como competição entre evaporação e fissão. Neste trabalho os principais modelos nucleares, os modelos de Bertini e Cugnon, são revistos, pois estes modelos são fundamentais para propósito de projeto devido à falta de dados nucleares avaliados para estas reações. A implementação e validação dos métodos de cálculo para o projeto destas fontes são realizadas. A implementação da metodologia é realizada utilizando o programa MCNPX ( \"Monte Carlo N-Particle eXtended\"), dedicado para cálculos de transporte destas partículas e a validação é realizada mediante uma cooperação internacional junto a um projeto coordenado de pesquisa da Agencia Internacional de Energia Atômica e trabalhos disponíveis. O objetivo é qualificar os cálculos relacionados às reações nucleares e os canais de desexcitação envolvidos. O CRISP, um código nacional para a descrição da fenomenologia das reações envolvidas, também foi estudado e os modelos implementados no código foram revistos e melhorados de forma a dar continuidade ao seu processo de qualificação. Devido às limitações dos principais modelos na descrição de produção de nuclídeos leves, a reação de multi-fragmentação foi estudada. As discrepâncias nos cálculos de produção destes nuclídeos são atribuídas à falta do canal de multi-fragmentação estatística do núcleo. A implementação deste canal foi realizada para a aplicação em reações de altas energias junto ao código CRISP de forma a reproduzir a produção de nuclídeos leves, bem como sua validação mediante a comparação com dados experimentais disponíveis para este fenômeno, obtendo com isso uma melhor reprodução de todo o espectro de produção de nuclídeos do processo. / This work presents a study of high energy nuclear reactions which are fundamental to dene the source term in accelerator driven systems. These nuclear reactions, also known as spallation, consist in the interaction of high energetic hadrons with nucleons in the atomic nucleus. The phenomenology of these reactions consist in two step. In the rst, the proton interacts through multiple scattering in a process called intra-nuclear cascade. It is followed by a step in which the excited nucleus, coming from the intranuclear cascade, could either, evaporates particles to achieve a moderate energy state or ssion. This process is known as competition between evaporation and ssion. In this work the main nuclear models, Bertini and Cugnon are reviewed, since these models are fundamental for design purposes of the source term in ADS, due to lack of evaluated nuclear data for these reactions. The implementation and validation of the calculation methods for the design v of the source is carried out to implement the methodology of source design using the program MCNPX (Monte Carlo N-Particle eXtended), devoted to calculation of transport of these particles and the validation performed by an international cooperation together with a Coordinated Research Project (CRP) of the International Atomic Energy Agency and available jobs, in order to qualify the calculations on nuclear reactions and the de-excitation channels involved, providing a state of the art of design and methodology for calculating external sources of spallation for source driven systems. The CRISP, is a brazilian code for the phenomenological description of the reactions involved and the models implemented in the code were reviewed and improved to continue the qualication process. Due to failure of the main models in describing the production of light nuclides, the multifragmentation reaction model was studied. Because the discrepancies in the calculations of production of these nuclides are attributes to the lack of reaction channel and the implementation of this channel was carried out for applications in high energy reactions with the CRISP code to reproduce the production of light nuclides, as well, as its validation by comparison with experimental data available for this phenomenon. Thus, obtaining a better reproduction of the whole spectrum of production of nuclides in the process.

O tratamento de águas residuárias e efluentes industriais por irradiação com feixe de elétrons é uma técnica promissora, porém pouco difundida em território Brasileiro. O projeto e a construção de uma unidade móvel contendo um acelerador industrial de elétrons de 700 keV e 20 kW, pelo Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN), é inovador para demonstrar os efeitos e resultados positivos dessa tecnologia. O propósito é deslocar a unidade móvel às diversas empresas com interesse em tratamento dos resíduos líquidos, conectar-se ao sistema elétrico da mesma e iniciar o processo de tratamento por ionização, por meio da irradiação com feixe de elétrons. A conexão da unidade móvel ao sistema elétrico local pode representar um desafio, pela grande diversidade de tensões e distâncias envolvidas, e também pelas grandes injeções de conteúdo harmônico gerado pelo acelerador de elétron que podem afetar as cargas do sistema industrial, comumente sensíveis. Neste trabalho realizou-se uma análise do sistema de potência da unidade móvel, quanto à capacidade de interrupção, seletividade da proteção e níveis de curto-circuito adequados de forma a assegurar uma maior confiabilidade na operação. Ao final, projetou-se e construiu-se o painel elétrico de controle da unidade móvel de irradiação. Além disso, na obtenção de parâmetros operacionais à unidade móvel, realizaram-se simulações e medições no acelerador industrial de elétrons de 1,5 MeV e 37,5 kW, instalado no Laboratório de Fontes Intensas de Radiação, do Centro de Tecnologia das Radiações, as quais demonstraram a necessidade da inserção de um filtro para redução dos índices de distorção nos harmônicos dessa instalação radiativa fixa no IPEN. / The treatment of wastewater and industrial effluents by electron beam irradiation is a promising technique, however, not very widespread in Brazilian territory. The design and a construction of a mobile unit containing an electron beam accelerator of 700 KeV and 20kW, by the Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (IPEN) is innovative to demonstrate the effects and positive results of this technology. The aim is to move the mobile unit to several companies with interest in liquid waste treatment, and connect to the industry electrical system and start the ionization treatment process through electron beam. The mobile unit\'s connection to the local electrical system can be a challenge in behalf of the great diversity of voltages and distances involved, as well as the large injections of harmonic content generated by the electron beam accelerator that can affect sensitive loads in the industrial system. In this work, an analysis was made of the power system of the mobile unit, regarding interruption capacity, selectivity protection and adequate short circuit levels in order to assure a greater reliability in the operation. At the end, the control panel of the mobile unit, simulations and measurements were carried out at the 1.5 MeV and 37.5 kW electron beam accelerator, installed at the Intensive Radiation Technology Center, which demonstrated the necessity of applying of a filter to reduce the measured harmonic distortion.