Techniques for nuclear and particle physics experiments : a how-to approach
/ W. R. Leo
- 2nd rev. ed.
- New York : Springer Verlag, 1994
- 378 p.
1. Basic nuclear processes in radioactive sources 2. Passage of radiation through matter 3. Radiation protection, biological effects of radiation 4. Statistics and the treatment of experimental data 5. General characteristics of detectors 6. Ionization detectors 7. Scintillation detectors 8. Photomultipliers 9. Scintillation detector mounting and operating 10. Semiconductor detectors 11. Pulse signals in nuclear electronics 12. The NIM standard 13. Signal transmission 14. Electronics for pulse signal processing 15. Pulse height election and coincidence technique 16. Timing methods and system 17. Electronic logic for experiments