This book treats the experimental techniques and instrumentation most often used in nuclear and particle physics experiments as well as in various other experiments. It provides useful results and formulae, technical know-how and informative details. This second edition has been revised; sections on Cherenkov radiation and radiation protection have been updated and extended. Thanks to the author's long teaching experience, the material is presented in a very practical, hands-on way making the book a useful text and laboratory companion for students and experienced scientists alike.
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Concise overview for the nuclear experimentalist,
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Leo's book is a good, concise and concerning standard methods especially in nuclear spectroscopy up-to-date summary of the field. The basic physics ideas are introduced, although not too deeply discussed (but this is a book for the experimentalist, therefore no objections). It is a helpful companion in simple experimental considerations which come to an experimental nuclear spectroscopist every day: The color codes of resistors and the overview over the connectors in a CAMAC crate are examples for these features.Elaborate references are given for each section that make it possible for the reader to find additional descriptions rather easily. Additional insight on dosimetry and radiation damage and some remarks on statistics make this book an interesting alternative to G.F. Knoll's "Radiation detection and measurement". The emphasis of Leo's approach is surely (a) on a concise overview rather than an in-depth discussion and (b) on nuclear spectroscopy (gamma and particle detection at some MeV or so) rather than medium and large-scale high-energy physics experiments. Widely used components of high-energy physics equipment are, however, presented, but additional literature might be needed. One final remark to my fellow reviewer Fabio: One example for a "statistical process" is e.g. the number of electron-hole pairs created in the detection of a charged particle or gamma ray. This process is truely statistical, i.e. it does not depend on things that the experimentator has at hand. The intrinsic resolution of a high-purity Germanium detector with respect to a, say, 3 MeV gamma ray cannot be changed (at least to a large extent). Have a look into Leo's book if you don't believe me!
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This review is from: Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments: A How-to Approach (Paperback)
On my opinion this book is very well developed with theoretical and practical information with exercises (examples) that helps in subject understanding and study. Would definitely recommend to everyone starting in college nuclear physics. Believe has data/information that can help to personal involved in research, development and engineering of nuclear physics.
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Radioactive sources provide a convenient means of testing and calibrating detectors and are essential tools in both the nuclear and high energy physics laboratory. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
delay line shaping, basic nuclear processes, secondary emission factor, crate controller, pulse height selection, cylindrical proportional counter, simple proportional counter, most scintillators, pulse shaping networks, lossless cable, intrinsic detection efficiency, pulse height information, pulse shape discrimination, coincidence curve, biased amplifier, time projection chamber, branch driver, counting curve, organic scintillators, radioactive decay law, internal counting, mean energy loss, patch contact, differential linearity, branch highway Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Computer Controlled Electronics, Power Return, Curve Fitting, Monte Carlo, Nucleus Nuclear, Time Fig, Energy Straggling, Examples of Applications, Function Bus-line Individual, Passage of Radiation Through Matter Fig, Scintillation Counter Operation, The Frequency Domain New!
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Radioactive sources provide a convenient means of testing and calibrating detectors and are essential tools in both the nuclear and high energy physics laboratory. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
delay line shaping, basic nuclear processes, secondary emission factor, crate controller, pulse height selection, cylindrical proportional counter, simple proportional counter, most scintillators, pulse shaping networks, lossless cable, intrinsic detection efficiency, pulse height information, pulse shape discrimination, coincidence curve, biased amplifier, time projection chamber, branch driver, counting curve, organic scintillators, radioactive decay law, internal counting, mean energy loss, patch contact, differential linearity, branch highway Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Computer Controlled Electronics, Power Return, Curve Fitting, Monte Carlo, Nucleus Nuclear, Time Fig, Energy Straggling, Examples of Applications, Function Bus-line Individual, Passage of Radiation Through Matter Fig, Scintillation Counter Operation, The Frequency Domain New!
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- Atomic Nucleus by Robley Dunglison Evans in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Radiation Detection and Measurement by Glenn F. Knoll in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Integrated Electronics by Jacob Millman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Semiconductor Detectors by G. Bertolini in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Instrumentation in Applied Nuclear Chemistry by Jan Krugers in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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