Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics

• Main Author: Tavernier, Stefaan. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Physics.; Particle acceleration.; Nuclear engineering.; Biomedical engineering.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Nuclear Engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00829-0

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 techniqu...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction.-Interactions of Particles in Matter
• Natural and Man-Made Sources of Radiation
• Detectors based on Ionisation in Gasses
• Detectors based on Ionisation in Semiconductor Materials
• Detectors based on Scintillation
• Neutron Detection
• Electronics for Particle Detectors
• Solutions to Exercises
• Annexes: Physical Constants
• International System of Units
• Atomic and Nuclear Properties of Materials
• Periodic Table of Elements
• Electromagnetic Relations
• Commonly used Radioactive Sources.