Detectors for Particle Radiation

by Konrad Kleinknecht

Book Overview

This textbook provides a clear, concise and comprehensive review of the physical principles behind the devices used to detect charged particles and gamma rays, and the construction and performance of these many different types of detectors. Detectors for high-energy particles and radiation are used in many areas of science, especially particle physics and nuclear physics experiments, nuclear medicine, cosmic ray measurements, space sciences and geological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521648548
• ISBN13: 9780521648547
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"