Decoding Herculaeum Papyrus Scrolls using the Diamond Light Source

Senior Detector Scientist at STFC, Jens Dopke tells us about the work helping to reveal the contents of the most iconic items in a Roman-era library, the Herculaneum scrolls. Diamond Light Source is a third-generation synchrotron light source facility based at Harwell Campus, South Oxfordshire. Diamond produces X-ray, infrared and ultra-violet beams. These highly focused beams of light enable scientists and engineers to probe deep into the basic structure of matter and materials, answering fundamental qu