Principles of radiation interaction in matter and detection / Claude Leroy, Pier-Giorgio Rancoita.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 903-966) and index.

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1. Introduction. 1.1. Radiation and particle interactions ; 1.2. Particles and types of interaction ; 1.3. Relativistic kinematics ; 1.4. Atomic mass, weight, standard weight and mass unit ; 1.5. Cross section and differential cross section ; 1.6. Coulomb single-scattering cross section ; 1.7. Detectors and large experimental apparata -- 2. Electromagnetic interaction of radiation in matter. 2.1. Passage of ionizing particles through matter ; 2.2. Multiple and extended volume Coulomb interactions ; 2.3. Photon interaction and absorption in matter ; 2.4. Electromagnetic cascades in matter -- 3. Nuclear interactions in matter. 3.1. General properties of the nucleus ; 3.2. Phenomenology of interactions on nuclei at high energy ; 3.3. Hadronic shower development and propagation in matter -- 4. Radiation environments and damage in silicon semiconductors. 4.1. Radiation environments ; 4.2. Relevant processes of energy deposition and damage ; 4.3. Radiation induced defects and modification of silicon bulk and p -- n junction properties -- 5. Scintillating media and scintillator detectors. 5.1. Scintillators ; 5.2. The Cerenkov detectors ; 5.3. Wavelength shifters ; 5.4. Transition radiation detectors (TRD) ; 5.5. Scintillating fibers ; 5.6. Detection of the scintillation light ; 5.7. Applications in calorimetry ; 5.8. Application in time-of-flight (ToF) Technique -- 6. Solid state detectors. 6.1. Basic principles of operation ; 6.2. Charge collection efficiency and Hecht equation ; 6.3. Spectroscopic characteristics of standard planar detectors ; 6.4. Microstrip detectors ; 6.5. Pixel detector devices ; 6.6. Photovoltaic and solar cells ; 6.7. Neutrons detection with silicon detectors ; 6.8. Radiation effects on silicon semiconductor detectors -- 7. Displacement damage and particle interactions in silicon devices. 7.1. Displacement damage in irradiated bipolar transistors ; 7.2. Single event effects -- 8. Gas filled chambers. 8.1. The ionization chamber ; 8.2. Recombination effects ; 8.3. Example of ionization chamber application: the [symbol]-cell ; 8.4. Proportional counters ; 8.5. Proportional counters: cylindrical coaxial wire chamber ; 8.6. Multiwire proportional chambers (MWPC) ; 8.7. The Geiger-Mueller counter -- 9. Principles of particle energy determination. 9.1. Experimental physics and calorimetry ; 9.2. Electromagnetic sampling calorimetry ; 9.3. Principles of calorimetry with complex absorbers ; 9.4. Energy resolution in sampling electromagnetic calorimetry ; 9.5. Homogeneous calorimeters ; 9.6. Position measurement ; 9.7. Electron hadron separation ; 9.8. Hadronic calorimetry ; 9.9. Methods to achieve the compensation condition ; 9.10. Compensation and hadronic energy resolution ; 9.11. Calorimetry at very high energy -- 10. Superheated droplet (bubble) detectors and CDM search. 10.1. The superheated droplet detectors and their operation ; 10.2. Search of cold dark matter (CDM) ; 10.3. Double beta decay -- 11. Medical physics applications. 11.1. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) ; 11.2. Positron emission tomography (PET) ; 11.3. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ; 11.4. X-ray medical imaging with MediPix devices -- Appendix A. General properties and constraints -- Appendix B. Mathematics and statistics.

This book, like the first and second editions, addresses the fundamental principles of interaction between radiation and matter and the principles of particle detection and detectors in a wide scope of fields, from low to high energy, including space physics and medical environment. It provides abundant information about the processes of electromagnetic and hadronic energy deposition in matter, detecting systems, performance of detectors and their optimization. The third edition includes additional material covering, for instance: mechanisms of energy loss like the inverse Compton scattering, corrections due to the Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal effect, an extended relativistic treatment of nucleus-nucleus screened Coulomb scattering, and transport of charged particles inside the heliosphere. Furthermore, the displacement damage (NIEL) in semiconductors has been revisited to account for recent experimental data and more comprehensive comparisons with results previously obtained. This book will be of great use to graduate students and final-year undergraduates as a reference and supplement for courses in particle, astroparticle, space physics and instrumentation. A part of the book is directed toward courses in medical physics. The book can also be used by researchers in experimental particle physics at low, medium, and high energy who are dealing with instrumentation.

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