Tsoulfanidis N., Landsberger S. Measurement And Detection Of Radiation

3rd Edition. – Taylor and Francis Group, LLC, 2011. – 518 p. – ISBN: 9781420091854.This 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 nuclear physics, interaction of radiation with matter, and data analysis methods are well written and could appeal to medical physicists.
The research and applications of nuclear instrumentation have grown substantially since publication of the previous editions. With the miniaturization of equipment, increased speed of electronic components, and more sophisticated software, radiation detection systems are now more productively used in many disciplines, including nuclear nonproliferation, homeland security, and nuclear medicine. Continuing in the tradition of its bestselling predecessors, Measurement and Detection of Radiation, Third Edition illustrates the fundamentals of nuclear interactions and radiation detection with a multitude of examples and problems. It offers a clearly written, accessible introduction to nuclear instrumentation concepts.Introduction to Radiation Measurements
Statistical Errors of Radiation Counting
Review of Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Energy Loss and Penetration of Radiation through Matter
Gas-Filled Detectors
Scintillation Detectors
Semiconductor Detectors
Relative and Absolute Measurements
Introduction to Spectroscopy
Electronics
Data Analysis Methods
Photon (γ -Ray and X-Ray) Spectroscopy
Charged-Particle Spectroscopy
Neutron Detection and Spectroscopy
Activation Analysis and Related Techniques
Health Physics Fundamentals
Applications of Radiation Detection
Appendixes
Useful Constants and Conversion Factors
Atomic Masses and Other Properties of Isotopes
Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Sources Commonly Used
Tables of Photon Attenuation Coeffi cients
Table of Buildup Factor Constants