Electrical Counting - W. B. Lewis

Electrical Counting

With Special Reference to Counting Alpha and Beta Particles

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Buch | Softcover
154 Seiten
2016
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-316-61176-0 (ISBN)
34,90 inkl. MwSt
Originally published in 1942, this book by the renowned physicist and nuclear scientist Wilfrid Bennett Lewis (1908–87) presents an account regarding the technique of electrical counting and its role as an essential aid for research in nuclear physics, reflecting the discoveries of Lewis and his contemporaries at the Cavendish Laboratory.
Originally published in 1942, this book was written by the renowned physicist and nuclear scientist Wilfrid Bennett Lewis (1908–87). The text presents an account regarding the technique of electrical counting and its role as an essential aid for research in nuclear physics, reflecting the discoveries of Lewis and his contemporaries at the Cavendish Laboratory. References are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the writings of Lewis, nuclear physics and the history of science.

Preface; 1. Ionization by single particles; 2. Counting ionization chambers; 3. Limitations of amplifiers; 4. Design of amplifiers; 5. Oscillograph recording; 6. Feedback and stabilizers; 7. Mixing circuits, triggered circuits and discriminators; 8. Recording counters; 9. Geiger–Müller tube counters; 10. Statistics of random distributions; 11. Coincidence counting; 12. Energy determinations from range measurements; Appendix; References.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 215 mm
Gewicht 220 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Angewandte Physik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
ISBN-10 1-316-61176-0 / 1316611760
ISBN-13 978-1-316-61176-0 / 9781316611760
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