Neutron-induced reaction spectroscopy

The first group comprises high-resolution laser spectroscopy of short-lived radioactive isotopes with lifetimes in the millisecond range. The ions are produced by nuelear reactions induced by bombardment of a thin foil with neutrons, protons, y-quanta, or other particles inside the ion source of a mass spectrometer. They are evaporated and enter after mass selection the interaction zone of the collinear laser [466]. 

See also Activation Anaiysis Neutron Activation Charged-Particle Activation Photon Activation. Atomic Emission Spectrometry Inductively Coupled Plasma. Atomic Mass Spectrometry Inductively Coupled Plasma. Mass Spectrometry Overview. Surface Analysis Particle-Induced X-Ray Emission Auger Electron Spectroscopy Ion Scattering Nuclear Reaction Analysis and Elastic Recoil Detection. X-Ray Fluorescence and Emission Wavelength Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence. 

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