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Radiation and Detectors : Introduction to the Physics of Radiation and Detection Devices /

This textbook provides an introduction to radiation, the principles of interaction between radiation and matter, and the exploitation of those principles in the design of modern radiation detectors. Both radiation and detectors are given equal attention and their interplay is carefully laid out with...

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Main Authors: Cerrito, Lucio
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
Subjects:
Physics
Particle acceleration
Physical measurements
Measurement
Medical physics
Radiation
Radiation Protection
Radiation > Safety measures
Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics
Medical and Radiation Physics
Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection
Measurement Science and Instrumentation
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53181-6
Summary: This textbook provides an introduction to radiation, the principles of interaction between radiation and matter, and the exploitation of those principles in the design of modern radiation detectors. Both radiation and detectors are given equal attention and their interplay is carefully laid out with few assumptions made about the prior knowledge of the student. Part I is dedicated to radiation, broadly interpreted in terms of energy and type, starting with an overview of particles and forces, an extended review of common natural and man-made sources of radiation, and an introduction to parti
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XIV, 210 pages): illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319531816
Index Number: QC770
CLC: O572.21
Contents: Part I Radiation -- 1 Particles and forces -- 2 Natural sources of radiation -- 3 Dosimetry -- 4 Relativistic kinematics and Collisions -- 5 Elements of accelerator physics -- Part II Interaction Mechanisms and Detectors -- 6 Ionisation and Multiple Scattering -- 7 Gaseous and liquid ionisation detectors -- 8 Semiconductor detectors -- 9 Scintillation process and light detectors -- 10Electromagnetic and Hadronic showers: Calorimeters -- 11Cherenkov and transition radiation: detectors for PID and neutrinos -- A Statistics and probability -- Index.

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