Detection and analysis of radioactive substances 1100-4DASP
The lecture contains the following topics:
Statistics of nuclear radiation
- distributions: Poisson, Gauss
- calculation and propagation of experimental unertainty
- rules of radioactive decays, radioactive decay chains
Interaction of ionising radiation with matter - basic knowledge
- sources if ionisation radiation
- cross section, differential cross section
- reaction rate
- mean free path
Interaction of gamma radiation with matter
- photoelectric effect
- Compton effect
- effect of pair creation
- absorption coefficient
Interaction of charged particles with matter
- interactions of electrons and positrons
- interactions of heavy charged particles, range, range dispersion
Interaction of neutrons with matter
- elastic scattering, moderation
- capture reactions
Detectors of ionising radiation - basic knowledge
- response function
- resolution
- yield / efficiency
- response time and dead time
- calibration procedures - energetic and efficiency calibration
- calibration sources, source - detector configurations
Detection of gamma radiation
- semiconductor detectors
- scintillation detectors
- gaseous dtectors
Detection of charged particles
- semiconductor, scintillation and gaseous detectors
- electromagnetic spectrometers
- methods of particles identification
Detection of slow and fast neutrons
- nuclear reactions applicable for neutrons detection
- detectors applying reaction with boron, 3he, other reactions
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
The student will be familiar with properties of ionising radiation, will know principles of operation of radiation detectors, will be able to determine main properties of detectors, will be able to determine main characteristics of radioactive sources, will know effects distorting results of measurements
Bibliography
A. Strzałkowski, „Wstęp do fizyki jądra atomowego”, PWN 1079
G. Knoll, “Radiation Detection and Measurement”, John Wiley & Sons 2000
W. Leo, “Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments: A How-to Approach”, Springer Verlag
K. Debertin, R. Helmer, “Gamma and X-ray Spectrometry with Semiconductor Detectors“,Elsevier Science 2001
1996
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: