CEM 988 :  Winter/2oo9

Nuclear Radiation Detectors: Lecture Schedule and Syllabus

Week 1 01/13 & 01/15 Notes 1
Notes 2

Chap. 1 Sources, units
Chap. 2 Interaction of radiation with matter
Week 2 01/22 & 01/23 Notes V

Vacuum Systems: Gas Flow, Production, Pfeiffer's TMP
Vacuum Systems: Measurement and Materials
Week 3 01/27 & 01/29 Notes 3
Notes 4

Chap. 3 Statistics, Data, Models, Time distributions
Chap. 4 General Properties of Radiation Detectors
Week 4 02/02 & 02/05 Notes 5
Notes 6 & 7		 Chap. 5 Ion Chambers
Chap. 6 Proportional Counters
Week 5 02/10 & 02/12 Notes 8 Chap. 7 G-M counters
Chap. 8 Principles of Scintillation, Organic/Inorganic materials
Week 6 02/17 & 02/19 Notes 9
Notes 10 		Chap. 9 Photon Detection, PMT Amplification, Burle's PMT
Chap. 10 Spectroscopy with Scintillation Detectors
Week 7 02/24 & 02/26 Notes 11
Notes 12 		Chap. 11 Semiconductor diodes
Chap. 12 Germanium-based diodes
Week 8 03/03 & 03/05 Practice Review Problems
FIRST EXAM on Thursday ( Chaps. 1-12, &Vacuum)
  Spring Break  
Week 9 03/17 & 03/19

Notes 13 Notes 20 Notes 14

Chap. 13 Other semiconductor detectors
Chap. 20 Background in gamma-ray spectra
Chap. 14 Slow neutron detection

Week 10 03/24 & 03/27 ( the week that wasn't )
Week 11 03/31 & 04/02 Notes 15 Notes 16a Chap. 15 Fast neutron detection
Chap. 16 Pulse processing, Passive circuits
Week 12 04/07 & 04/09 Notes 16b Notes 17 Chap. 16 Pulse processing, Active circuits
Chap. 17 Linear and Logic signal processing
Week 13 04/14 & 04/17

Notes 18a Notes 18b

 Chap. 18 A & T to D conversion
Chap. 18 Multidimensional daq CAMAC ... VME
Week 14 04/21 & 04/23 Notes 18c Notes 19

Chap. 17/18 Multidimensional detectors (examples)
Chap. 19 Miscellaneous Detectors
Week 15 4/28 & 4/30 Practice 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, 3rd Ed." by J.F O'Hanlon (Wiley Interscience, 2oo3)

updated by djm 21-Apr-2009 7:56 AM