X-rays in Atomic and Nuclear Physics

Discusses the methods of X-ray production.

N. A. Dyson (Author)

9780521017220, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 7 July 2005

416 pages
23.3 x 15.7 x 2.1 cm, 0.575 kg

"...a reference book and an introduction to X-ray physics for graduate students and researchers in any field which uses X-rays." La Physique au Canada

This book deals with the methods of X-ray production at a level which is accessible to advanced undergraduates and researchers who use X-rays. It also discusses the fundamentals of these physical properties from an experimental viewpoint which is not covered in more specialised texts. The book begins with a survey of work carried out before 1945. Continuous and characteristic spectra are discussed followed by a description of techniques used in their study. Further studies of production, absorption and scattering in atomic and nuclear processes are described, including a completely new chapter on X-ray production by protons, alpha-particles and ions. The concluding chapter surveys some more advanced fields of study. It will be very valuable to all research and industrial physicists working with X-rays who need to know about their fundamental properties in more detail. In this second edition SI units are used throughout and the material reflects the changes in the use of X-rays and the developments in the field.

Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
1. Historical introduction
2. The continuous X-ray spectrum
3. Characteristic X-rays
4. Experimental techniques for the study of X-rays
5. The absorption and scattering of X-rays
6. X-ray production by protons, ?-particles and heavy ions
7. X-rays in radioactive decay
8. Some additional fields of X-ray study
Appendix 1. Range energy relations, etc., for electrons
2. Experimentally determined mass attenuation coefficients
3. Decay schemes of some radionuclides
4. Absorption edges and characteristic emission energies in keV
5. K-shell fluorescence yields
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Atomic & molecular physics [PHM]