Radiation Detection: Concepts, Methods, and Devices provides a modern overview of radiation detection devices and radiation measurement methods. The book topics have been selected on the basis of the authors’ many years of experience designing radiation detectors and teaching radiation detection and...

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1. Verfasser:	McGregor, Douglas S. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Boca Raton ; London ; New York CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group [2021]
Schlagworte:	bisacsh / SCIENCE / Energy bisacsh / SCIENCE / Nuclear Physics Strahlungsdetektor Teilchendetektor
Zusammenfassung:	Radiation Detection: Concepts, Methods, and Devices provides a modern overview of radiation detection devices and radiation measurement methods. The book topics have been selected on the basis of the authors’ many years of experience designing radiation detectors and teaching radiation detection and measurement in a classroom environment.This book is designed to give the reader more than a glimpse at radiation detection devices and a few packaged equations. Rather it seeks to provide an understanding that allows the reader to choose the appropriate detection technology for a particular application, to design detectors, and to competently perform radiation measurements. The authors describe assumptions used to derive frequently encountered equations used in radiation detection and measurement, thereby providing insight when and when not to apply the many approaches used in different aspects of radiation detection. Detailed in many of the chapters are specific aspects of radiation detectors, including comprehensive reviews of the historical development and current state of each topic. Such a review necessarily entails citations to many of the important discoveries, providing a resource to find quickly additional and more detailed information.This book generally has five main themes: Physics and Electrostatics needed to Design Radiation DetectorsProperties and Design of Common Radiation DetectorsDescription and Modeling of the Different Types of Radiation DetectorsRadiation Measurements and Subsequent AnalysisIntroductory Electronics Used for Radiation DetectorsTopics covered include atomic and nuclear physics, radiation interactions, sources of radiation, and background radiation. Detector operation is addressed with chapters on radiation counting statistics, radiation source and detector effects, electrostatics for signal generation, solid-state and semiconductor physics, background radiations, and radiation counting and spectroscopy. Detectors for gamma-rays, charged-particles, and neutrons are detailed in chapters on gas-filled, scintillator, semiconductor, thermoluminescence and optically stimulated luminescence, photographic film, and a variety of other detection devices
Beschreibung:	475 b/w images 1 Origins1.1 A Brief History of Radiation Discovery1.2 A Brief History of Radiation Detectors; 2 Introduction to Nuclear Instrumentation2.1 Introduction2.2 The Detector2.3 Nuclear Instrumentation2.4 History of NIM Development2.5 NIM components2.6 CAMAC2.7 Nuclear Instruments other than NIM or CAMAC2.8 Cables and Connectors ; 3 Basic Atomic and Nuclear Physics3.1 Modern Physics Concepts3.2 Highlights in the Evolution of Atomic Theory3.3 Development of the Modern Atom Model3.4 Quantum Mechanics3.5 The Fundamental Constituents of Ordinary Matter3.6 Nuclear Reactions3.7 Radioactivity; 4 Radiation Interactions4.1 Introduction4.2 Indirectly Ionizing Radiation4.3 Scattering Interactions4.4 Photon Cross Sections4.5 Neutron Interactions4.6 Charged-Particle Interactions; 5 Sources of Radiation5.2 Sources of Gamma Rays5.3 Sources of X Rays5.4 Sources of Neutrons5.5 Sources of Charged Particles5.6 Cosmic Rays; 6 Probability and Statistics for Radiation Counting6.1 Introduction6.2 Probability - and Cumulative Distribution Functions6.3 Mode, - Mean and Median6.4 Variance and Standard Deviation of a PDF6.5 Probability Data Distributions6.6 Binomial Distribution6.6.1 Radioactive Decay and the Binomial Distribution6.7 Poisson Distribution6.8 Gaussian or Normal Distribution6.9 Error Propagation6.10 Data Interpretation; 7 Source and Detector Effects7.1 Detector Efficiency7.2 Source Effects7.3 Detector Effects7.4 Geometric Effects: View Factors7.5 Geometric Corrections: Detector Parallax Effects; 8 Essential Electrostatics8.1 Electric Field8.2 Electrical Potential Energy8.3 Capacitance8.4 Current and Stored Energy8.5 Basics of Charge Induction8.6 Charge Induction for a Planar Detector8.7 Charge Induction for a Cylindrical Detector8.8 Charge Induction for Spherical and Hemispherical Detectors8.9 Concluding Remarks; 9 Gas-Filled Detectors: Ion Chambers9.1 General Operation9.2 Electrons and Ions in Gas9.3 Recombination9.4 Ion Chamber Operation9.5 Ion Chamber Designs9.6 Summary; 10 Gas-Filled Detectors: Proportional Counters10.1 - Introduction10.2 General Operation10.3 Townsend Avalanche Multiplication10.4 Gas Dependence10.5 Proportional Counter Operation10.6 Selected Proportional Counter Variations; 11 Gas-Filled Detectors: Geiger-M¨uller Counters11.1 Geiger Discharge11.2 Basic Design11.3 Fill Gases11.4 Pulse Shape11.5 Radiation Measurements11.6 Special G-M Counter Designs11.7 Commercial G-M Counters; 12 Review of Solid State Physics 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Solid State Physics 12.3 Quantum Mechanics 12.4 Semiconductor Physics 12.5 Charge Transport 12.6 Summary ; 13 Scintillation Detectors and Materials 13.1 Scintillation Detectors 13.2 Inorganic Scintillators 13.3 Organic Scintillators 13.4 Gaseous Scintillators ; 14 Light Collection Devices 14.1 Photomultiplier Tubes 14.2 Semiconductor Photodetectors ; 15 Basics of Semiconductor Detector Devices 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Charge Carrier Collection 15.3 Basic Semiconductor Detector Configurations 15.4 Measurements of Semiconductor Detector Properties 15.5 Charge - Induction ; 16.1 Introduction 16.2 General Semiconductor Properties 16.3 Semiconductor Detector Applications 16.4 Detectors Based on Group IV Materials 16.5 Compound Semiconductor Detectors 16.6 Additional Semiconductors of Interest 16.7 Summary ; 17 Slow Neutron Detectors 17.1 Cross Sections in the 1/v Region 17.2 Slow Neutron Reactions Used for Neutron Detection 17.3 Gas-Filled Slow Neutron Detectors 17.4 Scintillator Slow Neutron Detectors 17.5 Semiconductor Slow Neutron Detectors 17.6 Neutron Diffraction 17.7 Calibration of Slow Neutron Detectors 17.8 Neutron Detection by Foil Activation 17.9 Self Powered Neutron Detectors (SPND) 17.10 Time-of-Flight Methods; 18 Fast Neutron Detectors 18.1 Detection Mechanisms 18.2 Detectors Based on Moderation 18.3 Detectors Based on Recoil Scattering 18.4 Semiconductor Fast Neutron Detectors 18.5 Detectors Based on Absorption Reactions 18.6 Summary ; 19 Luminescent and Additional Detectors 19.1 Luminescent Dosimeters 19.2 Photographic Film 19.3 - Track Detectors 19.4 Cryogenic Detectors 19.5 Wavelength-Dispersive Spectroscopy
Beschreibung:	xxv, 1285 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 279 mm
ISBN:	9781439819395