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Autore |
Ahmed Syed Naeem <1965-> |
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Titolo |
Physics and engineering of radiation detection [[electronic resource] /] / Syed Naeem Ahmed |
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San Diego ; ; London, : Academic Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-27265-5 |
9786611272654 |
0-08-056964-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (789 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Radiation - Measurement - Instruments |
Physical instruments |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Physics and Engineering of Radiation Detection; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Properties and Sources of Radiation; 1.1 Types of Radiation; 1.2 Waves or Particles?; 1.3 Radioactivity and Radioactive Decay; 1.3.A: Decay Energy or Q-Value; 1.3.B: The Decay Equation; 1.3.C: Composite Radionuclides; 1.3.D: Radioactive Chain; 1.3.E: Decay Equilibrium; 1.3.F: Branching Ratio; 1.3.G: Units of Radioactivity; 1.4 Activation; 1.5 Sources of Radiation; 1.5.A: Natural Sources; 1.5.B: Man-Made Sources; 1.6 General Properties and Sources of Particles and Waves; 1.6.A: Photons |
1.6.B: Electrons 1.6.C: Positrons; 1.6.D: Protons; 1.6.E: Neutrons; 1.6.F: Alpha Particles; 1.6.G: Fission Fragments; 1.6.H: Muons, Neutrinos and other Particles; Chapter 2 Interaction of Radiation with Matter; 2.1 Some Basic Concepts and Terminologies; 2.1.A: Inverse Square Law; 2.1.B: Cross Section; 2.1.C: Mean Free Path; 2.1.D: Radiation Length; 2.1.E: Conservation Laws; 2.2 Types of Particle Interactions; 2.2.A: Elastic Scattering; 2.2.B: Inelastic Scattering; 2.2.C: Annihilation; 2.2.D: Bremsstrahlung; 2.2.E: Cherenkov Radiation; 2.3 Interaction of Photons with Matter |
2.3.A: Interaction Mechanisms 2.3.B: Passage of Photons through |
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