Radiation detectors : physical principles and applications
- Title
- Radiation detectors : physical principles and applications / C.F.G. Delaney and E.C. Finch.
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- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
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- xii, 358 pages; 24 cm.
- Series statement
- Oxford science publications
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- Oxford science publications
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- Contents
- 1. Introduction. 1.1. Aims and objectives. 1.2. Early history of detectors. 1.3. Atoms and nuclei. 1.4. General features of radioactivity. 1.5. Types of nuclear decay. 1.6. Accelerated charged particles. 1.7. X-rays. 1.8. Neutrons and other radiations from nuclear reactions -- 2. Interactions of radiations with matter. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Interaction of directly ionizing particles. 2.3. Gamma-ray interactions with matter. 2.4. Neutron interactions. 2.5. Implications for detection methods -- 3. Gas-filled detectors. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Ionization chambers. 3.3. Proportional counters. 3.4. Geiger counters -- 4. Scintillation counters. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Inorganic scintillators. 4.3. Organic scintillators. 4.4. Photomultipliers. 4.5. Applications of scintillation counting -- 5. Semiconductor detectors. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Band structure of semiconductors. 5.3. Current flow in bulk semiconductors. 5.4. Junction detectors: principles. 5.5. Silicon junction detectors: practice.
- 5.6. Lithium-drifted detectors: principles. 5.7. Si(Li) detectors. 5.8. Ge(Li) detectors. 5.9. HPGe detectors. 5.10. Semiconductor detectors for neutrons. 5.11. Radiation damage in semiconductor detectors. 5.12. Detectors made from special materials -- 6. Electronics for radiation detection. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Amplification principles for radiation detectors. 6.3. Preamplifiers. 6.4. Main amplifiers. 6.5. Simple counting and analysis systems. 6.6. Multichannel analysers. 6.7. Timing systems. 6.8. Coincidence units. 6.9. Housing of electronic units. 6.10. A complete system -- 7. Energy resolution in radiation detectors. 7.1. The necessity for good energy resolution. 7.2. Sources of instrumental linewidth. 7.3. Noise in signal. 7.4. Electronic noise and linewidth -- Appendix: Noise calculations for the charge-sensitive preamplifier -- 8. Miscellaneous detectors. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Cherenkov detectors. 8.3. Special detectors using noble gases. 8.4. Detectors with event storage properties.
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- Princeton University Library
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- "Oxford science publications"--Cover p. [1]
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.