基本説明
New in softcover. Hardcover was published in 1999. Describes the semiconductor detectors used for energy and position measurement of nuclear radiation. Broad coverage is also given to electronic signal readout and to the subject of radiation damage.
Full Description
Starting from basic principles, the author, whose own contributions to these developments have been significant, describes the rapidly growing field of modern semiconductor detectors used for energy and position measurement radiation. This development was stimulated by requirements in elementary particle physics where it has led to important scientific discoveries. It has now spread to many other fields of science and technology. The book is written in a didactic way and includes an introduction to semiconductor physics. The working principles of semiconductor radiation detectors are explained in an intuitive way, followed by formal quantitative analysis. Broad coverage is also given to electronic signal readout and to the subject of radiation damage. The book is the first to comprehensively cover the semiconductor radiation detectors currently in use. It is useful as a teaching guide and as a reference work for research and applications.
Contents
Semiconductor Physics.- Semiconductors.- Basic Semiconductor Structures.- Semiconductor Detectors.- Semiconductors as Detectors.- Detectors for Energy and Radiation-Level Measurement.- Detectors for Position and Energy Measurement.- The Electronics of the Readout Function.- The Integration of Detectors and Their Electronics.- Detectors with Intrinsic Amplification.- Detector Technology.- Device Stability and Radiation Hardness.- Device Simulation.
