http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
This book describes the fundamentals of particle detectors as well as their applications. Detector development is an important part of nuclear, particle and astroparticle physics and through its applications in radiation imaging it paves the way for advancements in the biomedical and materials sciences
Introduction -- Overview, history and concepts -- Interactions of particles with matter -- Movement of charge carriers in electric and magnetic fields -- Signal formation by moving charges -- Non-electronic detectors -- Gas-filled detectors -- Semiconductor detectors -- Track reconstruction and momentum measurement -- Photodetectors -- Cherenkov detectors -- Transition radiation detectors -- Scintillation detectors -- Particle identification -- Calorimeters -- Detectors for cosmic particles, neutrinos and exotic matter -- Signal processing, readout and noise -- Trigger and data acquisition systems -- Appendix A Dosimetry and radioactive sources -- Appendix B Weighting potential of segmented electrodes -- Appendix C Diffusion effects in drift chambers -- Appendix D Ionisation statistics in drift chambers -- Appendix E Position resolution of structured electrodes -- Appendix F Fitting of track models -- Appendix G LPM effect -- Appendix H Laplace transform -- Appendix I Physical noise sources -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Index
Includes bibliographical references and index
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]