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Principles of radiation interaction in matter and detection /
This book, like its first edition, addresses the fundamental principles of interaction between radiation and matter and the principle of particle detectors in a wide scope of fields, from low to high energy, including space physics and the medical environment. It provides abundant information about...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. :
World Scientific Pub. Co.,
©2009.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction. 1.1. Radiation and particle interactions. 1.2. Particles and types of interaction. 1.3. Relativistic kinematics. 1.4. Cross section and Differential cross section. 1.5. Classical elastic Coulomb scattering cross section. 1.6. Detectors and large experimental apparata
- 2. Electromagnetic interaction of radiation in matter. 2.1. Passage of ionizing particles through matter. 2.2. Multiple and extended volume Coulomb interactions. 2.3. Photon interaction and absorption in matter. 2.4. Electromagnetic cascades in matter
- 3. Nuclear interactions in matter. 3.1. General properties of the nucleus. 3.2. Phenomenology of interactions on nuclei at high energy. 3.3. Hadronic shower development and propagation in matter
- 4. Radiation environments and damage in silicon semiconductors. 4.1. Radiation environments. 4.2. Relevant processes of energy deposition and damage. 4.3. Radiation induced defects and modification of silicon bulk and p-n junction properties
- 5. Scintillating media and scintillator detectors. 5.1. Scintillators. 5.2. The C̆erenkov detectors. 5.3. Wavelength shifters. 5.4. Transition radiation detectors (TRD). 5.5. Scintillating fibers. 5.6. Detection of the scintillation light. 5.7. Applications in calorimetry. 5.8. Application in time-of-flight (ToF) technique
- 6. Solid state detectors. 6.1. Basic principles of operation. 6.2. Charge collection efficiency and Hecht equation. 6.3. Spectroscopic characteristics of standard planar detectors. 6.4. Microstrip detectors. 6.5. Pixel detector devices. 6.6. Photovoltaic and solar cells. 6.7. Neutrons detection with silicon detectors. 6.8. Radiation effects on silicon semiconductor detectors
- 7. Displacement damage and particle interactions in silicon devices. 7.1. Displacement damage in irradiated bipolar transistors. 7.2. Single event effects
- 8. Ionization chambers. 8.1. Basic principle of operation. 8.2. Recombination effects. 8.3. Example of ionization chamber application : the [symbol]-cell. 8.4. Proportional counters. 8.5. Proportional counters : cylindrical coaxial wire chamber. 8.6. The Geiger-Mueller counter
- 9. Principles of particle energy determination. 9.1. Experimental physics and calorimetry. 9.2. Electromagnetic sampling calorimetry. 9.3. Principles of calorimetry with complex absorbers. 9.4. Energy resolution in sampling electromagnetic calorimetry. 9.5. Homogeneous calorimeters. 9.6. Position measurement. 9.7. Electron hadron separation. 9.8. Hadronic calorimetry. 9.9. Methods to achieve the compensation condition. 9.10. Compensation and hadronic energy resolution. 9.11. Calorimetry at very high energy
- 10. Superheated droplet (bubble) detectors and CDM search. 10.1. The superheated droplet detectors and their operation. 10.2. Search of cold dark matter (CDM)
- 11. Medical physics applications. 11.1. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). 11.2. Positron emission tomography (PET). 11.3. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). 11.4. X-ray medical imaging with MediPix devices.