Development and application of facilities at the Centre for Applied Physics, Dating and Diagnostics (CEDAD) at the University of Salento during the last 15 years

Abstract The Centre for Dating and Diagnostics was established in 2001 at the University of Salento with the aim of becoming a National Centre for radiocarbon dating by AMS. After more than fifteen years of operation this goal has been fully achieved with thousands of dated samples for researches spanning from Archaeological, Earth and Forensics sciences to industrial and environmental applications. Furthermore, in the frame of different large scale National projects, the experimental potential of the facility has been substantially improved through the installation of new beam lines and experimental set-ups.