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Alpha-, Beta- and Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy
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Alpha-, Beta- and Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy Volume 1 offers a comprehensive account of radioactivity and related low-energy phenomena. It summarizes progress in the field of alpha-, beta- and gamma-ray spectroscopy, including the discovery of the non-conservation of parity, as well as new experimental methods that elucidate the processes of weak interactions in general and beta-decay in particular. Comprised of 14 chapters, the book presents experimental methods and theoretical discussions and calculations to maintain the link between experiment and theory. It begins with a discussion of the interaction of electrons and alpha particles with matter. The book explains the elastic scattering of electrons by atomic nuclei and the interaction between gamma-radiation and matter. It then introduces topic on beta-ray spectrometer theory and design and crystal diffraction spectroscopy of nuclear gamma rays. Moreover, the book discusses the applications of the scintillation counter; proportional counting in gases; and the general processes and procedures used in determining disintegration schemes through a study of the beta- and gamma-rays emitted. In addition, it covers the nuclear shell model; collective nuclear motion and the unified model; and alpha-decay conservation laws. The emissions of gamma-radiation during charged particle bombardment and from fission fragments, as well as the neutron-capture radiation spectroscopy, are also explained. Experimentalists will find this book extremely useful.
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- PREFACE
- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1: INTERACTION OF ELECTRONS AND α-PARTICLES WITH MATTER
- Chapter 2: INTERACTION OF Îł-RADIATION WITH MATTER
- Chapter 3: BETA-RAY SPECTROMETER THEORY AND DESIGN. MAGNETIC ALPHA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY. HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY
- Chapter 4: CRYSTAL DIFFRACTION SPECTROSCOPY OF NUCLEAR Îł-RAYS
- Chapter 5: THE SCINTILLATION METHOD
- CHAPTER VI: PARTICULAR DETECTION METHODS
- CHAPTER VII: SOME EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
- CHAPTER VIII: PROCEDURES FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF DISINTEGRATION SCHEMES
- CHAPTER IX: THE SHELL MODEL
- Chapter 17: EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS IN NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPY
- Chapter 18: COLLECTIVE NUCLEAR MOTION AND THE UNIFIED MODEL
- Chapter 19: ALPHA-DECAY
- Chapter 20: GAMMA-RADIATION FROM CHARGED PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; COULOMB EXCITATION
- Chapter 21: NEUTRON CAPTURE RADIATION SPECTROSCOPY
- Chapter 22: GAMMA-RADIATION FROM FISSION
- APPENDIX 1: GAMMA-RAY ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS
- APPENDIX 2: TABLES OF ELECTRON BINDING ENERGIES AND KINETIC ENERGY VERSUS MAGNETIC RIGIDITY