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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460599303321

Autore

Tsoulfanidis Nicholas

Titolo

Measurement and Detection of Radiation / / Nicholas Tsoulfanidis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , [2010]

©2011

ISBN

0-429-19388-2

1-4398-9465-5

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (510 p.)

Disciplina

539.7/7

Soggetti

Radiation - Measurement

Nuclear counters

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction to Radiation Measurements; Body; Chapter 2: Statistical Errors of Radiation Counting; Chapter 3: Review of Atomic and Nuclear Physics; Chapter 4: Energy Loss and Penetration of Radiation through Matter; Chapter 5: Gas-Filled Detectors; Chapter 6: Scintillation Detectors; Chapter 7: Semiconductor Detectors; Chapter 8: Relative and Absolute Measurements; Chapter 9: Introduction to Spectroscopy; Chapter 10: Electronics

Chapter 11: Data Analysis MethodsChapter 12: Photon (γ -Ray and X-Ray) Spectroscopy; Chapter 13: Charged-Particle Spectroscopy; Chapter 14: Neutron Detection and Spectroscopy; Chapter 15: Activation Analysis and Related Techniques; Chapter 16: Health Physics Fundamentals; Chapter 17: Applications of Radiation Detection; Appendix A: Useful Constants and Conversion Factors; Appendix B: Atomic Masses and Other Properties of Isotopesa; Appendix C: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Sources Commonly Used; Appendix D: Tables of Photon Attenuation Coefficients*; Appendix E: Table of Buildup Factor Constants

Back cover



Sommario/riassunto

... a very good textbook, providing a solid introduction to radiation detection and measurement for upper-level undergraduate and first-year graduate students in the field of nuclear science and engineering.-Medical Physics, July 2012This book provides a solid introduction to radiation detection and measurement for upper-level undergraduate and first-year graduate students in the fields of nuclear science and engineering. ... it may be used as a good background reference by those interested in a refresher course in the physics underlying detection. The review chapters on statistics, atomic and nuc