Nappi E., Peskov V. Imaging gaseous detectors and their applications

Wiley, Weinheim, 2013, 324 pages, ISBN: 3527408983Describing advanced detectors and their visualization and investigation techniques, this book presents the major applications in nuclear and high-energy physics, astrophysics, medicine and radiation measurements.This book contains an exhaustive review of the basic principles and properties of gas filled detectors of photons and charged particles as widely used in various physics experiments and applications.The core of this book is the lectures given by one of the authors to the students attending the Royal Institute of technology in Stockholm in 2002. Since that time, many new exciting developments happened in the area of gas filled detectors which we have tried of course to include in our book.Basic Processes in Gaseous Detectors
Traditional Position-Sensitive Gaseous Detectors and Their Historical Development: from the Geiger Counter to the Multi-wire Proportional Chamber (1905 till 1968)
The Multi Wire Proportional Chamber Era
More in Depth about Gaseous Detectors
New Ideas on Gaseous Detectors Conceived during the Early Years of the ‘‘Multi Wire Proportional Chambers’’ Era (1968–1977)
Developments in MWPCs, PPACs, and RPCs after 1977
Micropattern Gaseous Detectors
Applications of Imaging Gaseous Detectors