An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particles through Matter

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-7503-0935-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Identifying where to access data, extracting a needed subset from available resources, and knowing how to interpret the format in which data are presented can be time-consuming tasks for scientists and engineers. By collecting all of this information and providing a background in physics, An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particles through Matter enables specialists and nonspecialists alike to understand and apply the data.
Making modern data more accessible, this book explores the interactions with matter of energetic particles, including photons, electrons, protons, alpha particles, and neutrons. It presents quantities of interest in many applications, such as photon and neutron cross sections, charged particle stopping powers, electron mean ranges, and angular distributions. The book also discusses electron multiple scattering and models for electron mean range against both stopping power and scattering. The author uses numerous graphs throughout the book to illustrate the material and describes the basic physics underlying all processes. The accompanying CD-ROM includes full datasets and large color contour graphs of cross sections, stopping powers, and ranges in all elements at all interesting energies.
Compiling information that is scattered throughout the literature, An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particles through Matter provides a comprehensive foundation of particle interactions that is of prime importance to many areas of applied physics and supplies an introduction to the massive, invaluable Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF) library.

Zielgruppe

Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carron, N.J

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Radioaktivität
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Photons. Electrons. Protons and Heavier Ions. Selected Topics on Neutron Interactions. Appendices.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. N.J. Carron received his B.S. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. After a post-doctoral appointment at Rice University Department of Physics, he joined the staff of Mission Research Corporation in Santa Barbara, California, where he has remained for more than 30 years. During that time he has contributed to many programs, largely in electromagnetics and applied nuclear and plasma physics, including spacecraft radiation shielding, neutron and gamma ray detectors, relativistic electron beam propagation in air, intense laser propagation in air and laser-target interaction physics, air hydrodynamics, and others. He is an EMP fellow of the Summa Foundation, for his contributions to understanding system generated EMP environments. The present book grew out of frustration at not being able to find readily available, digestible information and reliable data on the penetration of particles through matter. It is the book he wishes he had on his shelves 30 years ago.