Physics of nuclear radiations : concepts, techniques and applications /: concepts, techniques and applications. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Chary Rangacharyulu.
• Authors: Rangacharyulu, Chary
• Contents: Physics Preliminaries; Conservation Laws; Basics of Relativity; Energetics of Photons; Energetics of Matter; Matter Waves; Questions; Endnotes Radioactivity; Introduction; Natural Radioactivity; Radioactive Secular Equilibrium; Growth and Decay of Radioactivity; Age Determination—An Application; Questions; Endnotes Nuclear Energetics; Introduction; Q-Value of Nuclear Processes; Beta Decay; Q-Values for Populating Excited Levels; Q-Values of Artificial Transmutation; Separation Energies; Questions; Endnotes Interaction of Heavy Charged Particles with Matter; Introduction; Bethe Stopping Power Formula; Range of Charged Particles; Bragg Peak; Range of a Particles; Range of Particles in Mixtures and Compounds; Energy Loss of Electrons by Ionization; Endnotes Interactions of Photons and Electrons in Matter; Introduction; Radiation Length; Photon Energy and Material Dependence of Attenuation Coefficients; Photon Energy Loss Mechanisms; Bragg’s Additive Rule; Electron Interactions; Bremsstrahlung; Radiation Length; Cherenkov Radiation; Transition Radiation; Questions; Endnotes Interactions of Neutrons with Matter; Introduction ; Nuclear Fission; Macroscopic Cross Section; Neutron Multiplication in Bulk Matter; Questions; Endnotes Basics of Radiation Dosimetry; Introduction; Biological Considerations; Working Level Month; Specific Gamma Ray Constant; Endnotes Radiation Sources; Background ; Production of Electromagnetic Radiation; Ion Beam Accelerators; Electrostatic Accelerators; Alternating Current Accelerators; Linear Accelerators; Cyclotron; Microtron; Synchrotron; Collider Machines; Questions ; Endnotes Nuclear Radiation Detectors; Introduction; Cloud Chambers and Bubble Chambers; Gas Detectors; Multi-Wire Chambers; Semiconductor Solid State Detectors; Scintillation Counters; Cherenkov Detectors; Photosensors Measurement Techniques; Intensity Measurements; Energy Spectroscopy; Coincidence Measurements for Energy Spectroscopy; Timing Spectroscopy; Particle Identification by Time of Flight; Emission Nuclear Techniques—A Few Applications; Introduction; Applications in Medicine; Radiation Therapy; Trace Element Analyses Appendix A: Radioactive Decays; Appendix B: Energetics; Appendix C: Cross Sections; Appendix D: Physics of Semiconductor Detectors; Appendix E: Websites; Appendix F: Glossary Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (383 pages), (22 illustrations)
• Subjects: 539.752; Radioactivity; Radioactive substances -- Detection
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482229295; 1482229293
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