Handbook of Radiation Effects

2. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-19-850733-8
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 640 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1121 g

This revised second edition of a popular handbook for engineers describes the important relationship between high-energy radiation environments, electronic device physics and materials. It is a straightforward account of the problems which arise when high-energy radiation bombards matter and of engineering methods for solving those problems.

Radiation effects are a problem encountered in the use of highly engineered materials such as semiconductors, optics and polymers. The finely-tuned properties of these materials may change drastically when exposed to a radiation environment such as a beam of X-rays or electrons, the space environment or the 'hadrons' in CERN's new collider. All of these environments and several more are described. At the core of this book is a discussion of the impact of these environments on the devices used in computing, data processing and communication.

While unashamedly oriented to the engineer-designer and manager, with descriptions in a highly readable form, there is no compromise in physical accuracy when describing high-energy radiation and the effects it produces, such as electronic failure, coloration and the decay of strength. A great breadth of technical data, such as may be needed to make quick decisions, is presented with literature references and a compendium of web-sites which have been tested and used by the authors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holmes-Siedle, Andrew

Adams, Len

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Mikroprozessoren
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Soziophysik, Wirtschaftsphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Radioaktivität
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Atomenergietechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Oberflächen- und Grenzflächenphysik, Dünne Schichten
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Radiation, physics and measurement

- 2: Radiation environments (including human risks from the terrestrial environment)

- 3: Response of materials and devices to radiation

- 4: Metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices

- 5: Bipolar transistors and integrated circuits

- 6: Diodes, solar cells, optoelectronics

- 7: Power semiconductors

- 8: Optical media

- 9: Microelectronics, sensors, MEMs, passives, and other components

- 10: Polymers and other organics

- 11: The interaction of radiation with shielding materials

- 12: Computer methods for particle transport

- 13: Radiation testing

- 14: Radiation-hardening of semiconductor parts

- 15: Equipment hardening and hardness assurance

- Appendices

- A: Useful general and geophysical data

- B: Radiation quantities

- C: Useful data on materials used in electronic equipment

- D: Bibliography of dosimeter research

- E: Dose-depth curves for typical Earth orbits, calculated by ESA's Space Environment Information System (SPENVIS) software

- F: Degradation in polymers in ionizing radiation

- G: Useful websites

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Holmes-Siedle is a physicist and consultant to Brunel University of West London, collaborating on CERN research and developing silicon devices. He previously spent over ten years working in Princeton (USA) on space and defence programmes and owns REM Oxford Ltd.

Len Adams is a consultant to Spur Electron, advising the British National Space Centre and other agencies. He is also an Associate Professor at Brunel University of West London. He recently retired from the European Space Agency in The Netherlands, where his group handled most of the radiation problems for the Agency.