Introduction -- Electromagnetic interactions of charged particles with matter -- Interactions of photons and neutrons with matter -- Drift and diffusion of charges in gases -- Collisional excitations and charge multiplication in uniform fields -- Parallel plate counters -- Proportional counters -- Multi-wire proportional chambers -- Drift chambers -- Time projection chambers -- Multi-tube arrays -- Resistive plate chambers -- Micro-pattern gaseous detectors -- Cherenkov ring imaging -- Miscellaneous detectors and applications -- Time degeneracy and ageing -- Further reading on radiation detectors -- References -- Index.
Summary
Describes the fundamentals and applications of gaseous radiation detection, ideal for researchers and experimentalists in nuclear and particle physics.
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