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Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics
  • Contains: ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""1.1 Documentation""; ""1.2 Units and Physical Constants""; ""1.3 Special Relativity""; ""1.4 Probability and Statistics""; ""1.5 The Structure of Matter at the Microscopic Scale""; ""1.6 Nuclei and Nuclear Decay""; ""1.6.1 The Beta Decay""; ""1.6.2 The Alpha Decay""; ""1.6.3 The Gamma Decay""; ""1.6.4 Electron Capture and Internal Conversion""; ""1.6.5 The Radioactive Decay Law""; ""1.6.6 The Nuclear Level Diagram""; ""1.7 Exercises""; ""References""; ""2 Interactions of Particles in Matter""; ""2.1 Cross Section and Mean Free Path""
    ""2.2 Energy Loss of a Charged Particle due to Its Interaction with the Electrons""""2.3 Other Electromagnetic Interactions of Charged Particles""; ""2.4 Interactions of X-Rays and Gamma Rays in Matter""; ""2.5 Interactions of Particles in Matter due to the Strong Force""; ""2.6 Neutrino Interactions""; ""2.7 Illustrations of the Interactions of Particles""; ""2.8 Exercises""; ""References""; ""3 Natural and Man-Made Sources of Radiation""; ""3.1 Natural Sources of Radiation""; ""3.2 Units of Radiation and Radiation Protection""; ""3.3 Electrostatic Accelerators""; ""3.4 Cyclotrons""
    ""3.5 The Quest for the Highest Energy, Synchrotrons and Colliders""""3.6 Linear Accelerators""; ""3.7 Secondary Beams""; ""3.8 Applications of Accelerators""; ""3.9 Outlook""; ""3.10 Exercises""; ""References""; ""4 Detectors Based on Ionisation in Gases""; ""4.1 Introduction to Detectors for Subatomic Particles""; ""4.2 Ionisation and Charge Transport in Gases""; ""4.3 Ionisation Chambers""; ""4.4 Counters with Gas Amplification""; ""4.5 Applications of Counters with Gas Amplification""; ""4.5.1 Proportional Counters for X-Ray Detection""
    ""4.5.2 Gas Counters for the Tracking of High-Energy Charged Particles""""4.5.3 Applications of Gas Counters in Homeland Security""; ""4.6 Recent Developments in Counters Based on Gas Amplification""; ""4.6.1 Micro-strip Gas Counters (MSGC)""; ""4.6.2 GEM and MICROMEGAS Counters""; ""4.6.3 Resistive Plate Chambers""; ""4.7 Exercises""; ""References""; ""5 Detectors Based on Ionisation in Semiconductor Materials""; ""5.1 Introduction to Semiconductors""; ""5.2 The Semiconductor Junction as a Detector""; ""5.3 Silicon Semiconductor Detectors""; ""5.4 Germanium Semiconductor Detectors""
    ""5.5 Other Semiconductor Detector Materials""""5.6 Exercises""; ""References""; ""6 Detectors Based on Scintillation""; ""6.1 Introduction to Scintillators""; ""6.2 Organic Scintillators""; ""6.3 Inorganic Scintillators""; ""6.4 Photodetectors""; ""6.5 Using Scintillators in the Nuclear Energy Range""; ""6.6 Applications of Scintillators in High-Energy Physics""; ""6.7 Applications of Scintillators in Medicine""; ""6.8 Exercises""; ""References""; ""7 Neutron Detection""; ""7.1 Slow Neutron Detection""; ""7.2 Neutron Detectors for Nuclear Reactors""; ""7.3 Fast Neutron Detection""
    ""7.3.1 Detectors for Fast Neutrons Based on Moderation""
  • Contributor: Tavernier, Stefaan [Author]
  • imprint: Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010
  • Published in: SpringerLink ; Bücher
  • Extent: Online-Ressource (X, 300p. 300 illus., 150 illus. in color, digital)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00829-0
  • ISBN: 9783642008290
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  • RVK notation: UN 6000 : Experimentelle Methoden und Ausrüstung in der Kernphysik allgemein
  • Keywords: Kernphysik > Elementarteilchenphysik > Detektor > Messtechnik
    Kernphysik > Elementarteilchenphysik > Detektor > Messtechnik
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Description: Interactions of Particles in Matter -- Natural and Man-Made Sources of Radiation -- Detectors Based on Ionisation in Gases -- Detectors Based on Ionisation in Semiconductor Materials -- Detectors Based on Scintillation -- Neutron Detection -- Electronics for Particle Detectors.

    The book is based on a course in nuclear and particle physics that the author has taught over many years to physics students, students in nuclear engineering and students in biomedical engineering. It provides the basic understanding that any student or researcher using such instruments and techniques should have about the subject. After an introduction to the structure of matter at the subatomic scale, it covers the experimental aspects of nuclear and particle physics. Ideally complementing a theoretically-oriented textbook on nuclear physics and/or particle physics, it introduces the reader to the different techniques used in nuclear and particle physics to accelerate particles and to measurement techniques (detectors) in nuclear and particle physics. The main subjects treated are: interactions of subatomic particles in matter; particle accelerators; basics of different types of detectors; and nuclear electronics. The book will be of interest to undergraduates, graduates and researchers in both particle and nuclear physics. For the physicists it is a good introduction to all experimental aspects of nuclear and particle physics. Nuclear engineers will appreciate the nuclear measurement techniques, while biomedical engineers can learn about measuring ionising radiation, the use of accelerators for radiotherapy. What’s more, worked examples, end-of-chapter exercises, and appendices with key constants, properties and relationships supplement the textual material.
  • Access State: Open Access