CEM 988& PHY 905   Fall/2oo6

Nuclear Radiation Detectors: Lecture Schedule and Syllabus

Week 1 01/10 & 01/12 Notes 1

Chap. 1 Sources, units
Chap. 2 Interaction of radiation with matter
Week 2 01/17 & 01/19 Notes 2 Notes V

Chap. 2 (continue)
Vacuum Systems: Gas Flow, Production
Week 3 01/24 & 01/26 Notes 3 Vacuum Systems: Measurement and Materials
Chap. 3 Statistics, Data, Models, Time distributions
Week 4 01/31 & 02/02

Notes 4
Notes 5

Chap. 4 General Properties of Radiation Detectors
Chap. 5 Ion Chambers
Week 5 02/07 & 02/09 Notes 6&7 Notes 8 Chap. 6 Proportional Counters, Chap. 7 G-M counters
Chap. 8 Principles of Scintillation, Organic/Inorganic materials
Week 6 02/14 & 02/16 Notes 9
Notes 10 		Chap. 9 Photon Detection, PMT Amplification
Chap. 10 Spectroscopy with Scintillation Detectors
Week 7 02/21 & 02/23 Notes 11
Chap. 11 Semiconductor diodes
-no lecture on Thurs.-
Week 8 02/28& 03/02 Notes 12

Chap. 12 Germanium-based diodes
FIRST EXAM on Thursday ( Chaps. 1-10 )
  Spring Break  
Week 9 03/14 & 03/16

Notes 13 Notes 20

Chap. 13 Other semiconductor detectors
Chap. 20 Background in gamma-ray spectra

Week 10 03/21& 03/23 Notes 14 Notes 15 Chap. 14 Slow neutron detection
Chap. 15 Fast neutron detection
Week 11 03/28 & 03/30 Notes 16a -no lecture on Tues.-
Chap. 16 Pulse processing, Passive circuits
Week 12 04/04 & 04/06 Notes 16b Notes 17 Chap. 16 Pulse processing, Active circuits
Chap. 17 Linear and Logic signal processing
Week 13 04/11 & 04/13

Notes 18a Notes 18b

 Chap. 18 A & T to D conversion
Chap. 18 Multidimensional daq CAMAC ... VME
Week 14 04/18 & 04/20 Notes 18c Notes 19

Chap. 17/18 Multidimensional detectors (examples)
Chap. 19 Miscellaneous Detectors
Week 15 4/25 & 4/27   Overview &  FINAL EXAM on Thursday (comprehensive)

The numbers in parentheses refer to the corresponding Chapters and Sections in the course textbook, ``Radiation Detection and Measurement, 3rd Ed.'' by Glenn F. Knoll (Wiley & Sons, 2ooo)

Supplimentary material on Vacuum Systems can be found in "A User's Guide to Vacuum Technology, 2nd Ed." by J.F O'Hanlon (Wiley Interscience, 1989)

updated by djm 20-Apr-2006 8:54 AM