Nuclear Physics
Series: Methods of experimental physics -- v.5A; Methods of experimental physics
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1961
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 755
ISBN-13: 9780080859798
Subjects: Nuclear physics; Atoms; Nuclear physics -- Experiments
Description: Nuclear Physics. Part A.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Nuclear Physics; Copyright Page; Contents, Volume 5, Part A; Contributors to Volume 5, Part A; Foreword to Volume 5A; Preface to Volume 5A; Contributors to Volume 5, Part B; Contents, Volume 5, Part B; Chapter 1. Fundamental Principles and Methods of Particle Detection; 1.1. Interaction of Radiation with Matter; 1.2. Ionization Chambers; 1.3. Gas-Filled Counters; 1.4. Scintillation Counters and Luminescent Chambers; 1.5. Cerenkov Counters; 1.6. Cloud Chambers and Bubble Chambers; 1.7. Photographic Emulsions; 1.8. Special Detectors; title: Chapter 2. Methods for the Determination of Fundamental Physical Quantities2.1. Determination of Charge and Size; 2.2. Determination of Momentum and Energy; Author Index; Subject Index