Gaseous Radiation Detectors
Fundamentals and Applications

This Open Access text describes the processes involved in gaseous radiation detection, ideal for nuclear and particle physics researchers.

Fabio Sauli (Author)

9781009291187, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 February 2023

460 pages
25 x 17.6 x 3.2 cm, 1.04 kg

Widely used in high-energy and particle physics, gaseous radiation detectors are undergoing continuous development. The first part of this book provides a solid background for understanding the basic processes leading to the detection and tracking of charged particles, photons, and neutrons. Continuing then with the development of the multi-wire proportional chamber, the book describes the design and operation of successive generations of gas-based radiation detectors, as well as their use in experimental physics and other fields. Examples are provided of applications for complex events tracking, particle identification, and neutral radiation imaging. Limitations of the devices are discussed in detail. Including an extensive collection of data and references, this book is ideal for researchers and experimentalists in nuclear and particle physics. It has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

1. Introduction
2. Electromagnetic interactions of charged particles with matter
3. Interactions of photons and neutrons with matter
4. Drift and diffusion of charges in gases
5. Collisional excitations and charge multiplication in uniform fields
6. Parallel plate counters
7. Proportional counters
8. Multiwire proportional chambers
9. Drift chambers
10. Time projection chambers
11. Multitube arrays
12. Resistive plate chambers
13. Micro-pattern gas detectors
14. Cherenkov ring imaging
15. Miscellaneous detectors and applications
16. Time degeneracy and aging
Further reading
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Particle & high-energy physics [PHP], Nuclear physics [PHN], Physics [PH], Mathematics & science [P]