X-ray radiography and tomography are widely employed techniques in the Cultural Heritage (CH) field, as testified by the large number of analyses performed for these applications in this field. Specifically, tomography provides fully non-invasive morphological and microstructural information on the internal structure of the sample and can reveal, when possible, hidden details such as ancient repairs or concealed conservation i...

Over the years, transportable instrumentation for cultural heritage (CH) in situ measurements has noticeably widespread, due to logistic, economical and safety reasons. Ion beam analysis, a powerful set of analytical techniques, of great importance for CH, is instead carried out by using fixed instrumentation. To overcome this limit, the Italian national Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), CERN (European Centre for Nuclear Re...