This is the resource that engineers turn to in the study of radiation detection. The fourth edition takes into account the technical developments that continue to enhance the instruments and techniques available for the detection and spectroscopy of ionizing radiation. New coverage is presented on ROC curves, micropattern gas detectors, new sensors for scintillation light, and the excess noise factor. Revised discussions are also included on TLDs and cryogenic spectrometers, radiation backgrounds, and the VME standard. Engineers will gain a strong understanding of the field with this updated book.…mehr
This is the resource that engineers turn to in the study of radiation detection. The fourth edition takes into account the technical developments that continue to enhance the instruments and techniques available for the detection and spectroscopy of ionizing radiation. New coverage is presented on ROC curves, micropattern gas detectors, new sensors for scintillation light, and the excess noise factor. Revised discussions are also included on TLDs and cryogenic spectrometers, radiation backgrounds, and the VME standard. Engineers will gain a strong understanding of the field with this updated book.
GLENN FREDERICK KNOLL is Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. Following his undergraduate education at Case Institute of Technology, he earned a Master's degree from Stanford University and a doctorate in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan. During his graduate work, he held national fellowships from the Atomic Energy Commission and the National Science Foundation. He joined the Michigan faculty in 1962, and served as Chairman of the Department of Nuclear Engineering from 1979 to 1990 and as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering from 1995-96. He held appointments as Visiting Scientist at the Nuclear Research Center in Karlsruhe, Germany and as Senior Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Surrey, U.K. His research interest have centered on radiation measurements, nuclear instrumentation, and radiation imaging. He is author or co-author of over 140 technical publications, 8 patents, and 2 textbooks. He has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the American Nuclear Society, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He has been selected to receive three national awards given annually to a single recipient for achievements in engineering and education: the 1979 Glenn Murphy Award from the American Society for Engineering Education, the 1991 Arthur Holly Compton Award of the American Nuclear Society, and the 1996 Merit Award of the IEEE/Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society. He is one of five receiving editors of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Part A, and a past or present member of the Editorial Boards for Nuclear Science and Engineering, IEEE Transaction on Medical Imaging, and Physica Medica. In 1999, he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. He has served as consultant to 25 industrial and government organizations in technical areas related to radiation measurements, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 Radiation Sources Chapter 2 Radiation Interactions Chapter 3 Counting Statistics And Error Prediction Chapter 4 General Properties Of Radiation Detectors Chapter 5 Ionization Chambers Chapter 6 Proportional Counters Chapter 7 Geiger-Mueller Counters Chapter 8 Scintillation Detector Principles Chapter 9 Photomultiplier Tubes And Photodiodes Chapter 10 Radiation Spectroscopy With Scintillators Chapter 12 Germanium Gamma-Ray Detectors Chapter 13 Other Solid-State Detectors Chapter 14 Slow Neutron Detection Methods Chapter 15 Fast Neutron Detection And Spectroscopy Chapter 16 Pulse Processing Chapter 17 Pulse Shaping, Counting, And Timing Chapter 18 Multichannel Pulse Analysis Chapter 19 Miscellaneous Detector Types Chapter 20 Background And Detector Shielding Appendix A The Nim, Camac, And Vme Instrumentation Standards Appendix B Derivation Of The Expression For Sample Variance In Chapter 3 Appendix C Statistical Behavior Of Counting Data For Variable Mean Value Appendix D The Shockley-Ramo Theorem For Induced Charge
