The book is based on a course in nuclear and particle physics that the authorhas taught over many years to physics students, students in nuclear engineering and students in biomedical engineering. It provides the basic understandingthat any student or researcher using such instruments and techniques should have about the subject. After an introduction to the structure of matter at thesubatomic scale, it covers the experimental aspects of nuclear and particle physics. It ideally complements a theoretically-oriented textbook on nuclear physics and/or particle physics. It introduces the reader to the different techniques used in nuclear and particle physics to accelerate particles and to measurement techniques (detectors) in nuclear and particle physics. The main subjects treated are: interactions of subatomic particles in matter; particle accelerators; basics of different types of detectors; and nuclear electronics. Concise, modern and class-tested presentation of all techniques, detectors, and electronics Interdisciplnary approach to particle techniques and accelerators, suitable for all fields (nuclear and particle physics, and nuclear and biomedical engineering) Numerous teaching/learning aids for students and lecturers (plus solutions) INDICE: Introduction.-Interactions of Charged Particles in Matter.- Natural and Man-Made Sources of Radiation.- Detectors based on Ionisation in Gasses.- Detectors based on Ionisation in Semiconductor Materials.- Detectors based on Scintillation.- Neutron Detection.- Electronics for Nuclear Detectors.- Annexes: Physical Constants.- Atomic and Nuclear Properties of Materials.- Periodic Tables of Elements.- Electromagnetic Relations.- Commonly used Radioactive Sources.- Solutions to Exercises.
- ISBN: 978-3-642-00828-3
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 300
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés