Siegbahn Alpha-, Beta- and Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-444-59699-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 915 Seiten

Alpha-, Beta- and Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy Volume 1 offers a comprehensive account of radioactivity and related low-energy phenomena. It summarizes progress in the field of alpha-, beta- and gamma-ray spectroscopy, including the discovery of the non-conservation of parity, as well as new experimental methods that elucidate the processes of weak interactions in general and beta-decay in particular. Comprised of 14 chapters, the book presents experimental methods and theoretical discussions and calculations to maintain the link between experiment and theory. It begins with a discussion of the interaction of electrons and alpha particles with matter. The book explains the elastic scattering of electrons by atomic nuclei and the interaction between gamma-radiation and matter. It then introduces topic on beta-ray spectrometer theory and design and crystal diffraction spectroscopy of nuclear gamma rays. Moreover, the book discusses the applications of the scintillation counter; proportional counting in gases; and the general processes and procedures used in determining disintegration schemes through a study of the beta- and gamma-rays emitted. In addition, it covers the nuclear shell model; collective nuclear motion and the unified model; and alpha-decay conservation laws. The emissions of gamma-radiation during charged particle bombardment and from fission fragments, as well as the neutron-capture radiation spectroscopy, are also explained. Experimentalists will find this book extremely useful.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Siegbahn, K.

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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

D. ALBURGER,     Brookhaven National Laboratory, Associated Universities, Inc., Upton, L.I., N.Y., U.S.A.

R.A. ALLEN,     United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Wantage Research Laboratory (A.E.R.E.), Wantage, Berkshire, England

G. BÄCKSTRÖM,     Institute of Physics, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

I.M. BAND,     Physico-Technical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.

P.R. BELL,     Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box Y, Oak Ridge, Tenn., U.S.A.

R.E. BELL,     Radiation Laboratory, McGill University, Montreal 2, P.Q., Canada

I. BERGSTRÖM,     Research Institute of Physics, Stockholm 50, Sweden

S. BERKO,     Department of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham 54, U.S.A.

A. BOHR,     Institute for Theoretical Physics, Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

S.C. CURRAN,     The Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow, C.1., Scotland

C.M. DAVISSON,     U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington 25, D.C. 20390, U.S.A.

M. DEUTSCH,     Physics Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 39, Mass., U.S.A.

P.F. DONOVAN,     Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., U.S.A.

G.T. EWAN,     Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., General Physics Branch, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

M. FERENTZ,     Physics Department, Jamaica 32, N.Y., U.S.A.

H. FRAUENFELDER,     Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A.

T.R. GERHOLM,     Institute of Physics, University of Stockholm, Stockholm Va, Sweden

W.M. GIBSON,     Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., U.S.A.

R.K. GIRGIS,     Faculty of Science, University of Cairo, Giza, Egypt

M. GOEPPERT MAYER,     Department of Physics, School of Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Calif., U.S.A.

M. GOLDHABER,     Brookhaven National Laboratory, Associated Universities, Inc., Upton, L.I., N.Y., U.S.A.

F.S. GOULDING,     Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 4, Calif., U.S.A.

R.L. GRAHAM,     Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., General Physics Branch, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

L. GRODZINS,     Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 39, Mass., U.S.A.

S.R. DE GROOT,     Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Holland

S. HAGSTRÖM,     Institute of Physics, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

W.J. HUISKAMP,     Kamerlingh-Onnes Laboratory, Leiden, Holland

J.H.D. JENSEN,     Institut für theoretische Physik, Philosophenweg 16, Heidelberg, Germany

S.A.E. JOHANSSON,     Institute of Physics, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

E. KARLSSON,     Institute of Physics, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

P. KLEINHEINZ,     Institute of Physics, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

G. KNOP,     Physikalisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany

J.W. KNOWLES,     Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Neutron Physics Branch, Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

O. KOFOED-HANSEN,     Department of Physics, Research Establishment Risö, Atomic Energy Commission, Roskilde, Denmark

E.J. KONOPINSKI,     Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.

D. KURATH,     Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, U.S.A.

R. VAN LIESHOUT,     Instituut voor Kernphysisch Onderzoek, Ooster Ringdijk 18, Amsterdam-O, Holland

I. LINDGREN,     Institute of Physics, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

J. LINDSKOG ,     Institute of Physics, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

M.A. LISTENGARTEN ,     Physico-Technical Institute, Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.

K.G. MALMFORS,     Research Institute of Physics, Stockholm 50, Sweden

G.L. MILLER,     Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., U.S.A.

A.C.G. MITCHELL,     †, Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.

R.L. MÖSSBAUER,     California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.

S. MOSZKOWSKI,     Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles 24, Calif., U.S.A.

B.R. MOTTELSON,     Nordita, Copenhagen, Denmark

H. MOTZ,     University of California, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico, U.S.A.

O. NATHAN,     Institute for Theoretical Physics, Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

J.H. NEILER,     Oak Ridge Technical Enterprises Corporation, P.O. Box C, Oak Ridge, Tenn., U.S.A.

W.A. NIERENBERG,     Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley 4, Calif., U.S.A.

S.G. NILSSON,     Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

C. NORDLING,     Institute of Physics, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

W.C. PARKER,     Institute of Physics, Chalmers Institute of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

W. PAUL,     Physikalisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Nussallee 6, Germany

B.G. PETTERSSON,     Institute of Physics, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

H. PRIMAKOFF,     Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 4, Penn., U.S.A.

J.O. RASMUSSEN,     Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 4, Calif., U.S.A.

F. REINES,     Case Institute of Technology, University Circle, Cleveland 6, Ohio, U.S.A.

R.A. RICCI,     Istituto Nazionale Energia Nucleare, Mostra d’Oltremare, Naples, Italy

M.E. ROSE,     University of Virginia, McCormic Road, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.

S.P. ROSEN,     Department of Physics, Purdue University,...