Detectors for Particle Radiation / Edition 2

by Konrad Kleinknecht

Overview

This textbook provides a clear, concise and comprehensive review of the physical principles behind the devices used to detect charged particles and gamma rays, and the construction and performance of these many different types of detectors. Detectors for high-energy particles and radiation are used in many areas of science, especially particle physics and nuclear physics experiments, nuclear medicine, cosmic ray measurements, space sciences and geological exploration. This second edition includes all the latest developments in detector technology, including several new chapters covering micro-strip gas chambers, silicion strip detectors and CCDs, scintillating fibers, shower detectors using noble liquid gases, and compensating calorimeters for hadronic showers. This well-illustrated textbook contains examples from the many areas in science in which these detectors are used. It provides both a coursebook for students in physics, and a useful introduction for researchers in other fields.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521640329
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/10/1998
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

1. Physics foundations; 2. Measurement of ionization; 3. Measurement of position; 4. Measurement of time; 5. Particle identification; 6. Measurement of energy; 7. Measurement of momentum; 8. Applications of detector systems; Index.