Measurement and Detection of Radiation / / Nicholas Tsoulfanidis
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| Autore: |
Tsoulfanidis Nicholas
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| Titolo: |
Measurement and Detection of Radiation / / Nicholas Tsoulfanidis
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| Pubblicazione: | Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , [2010] |
| ©2011 | |
| Edizione: | Third edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (510 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 539.7/7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Radiation - Measurement |
| Nuclear counters | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Measurement and Detection of Radiation |
| ISBN: | 0-429-19388-2 |
| 1-4398-9465-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460599303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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