CEM 985 :  Fall/2o19

Nuclear Radiation Detectors:

Lecture Schedule and Syllabus

Week 1 08/28 Notes 1

Introduction & Chap. 1 Sources, units

Week 2 09/03 & 09/05 Notes 2 & Notes Vac Chap. 2 Interaction of radiation with matter, SRIM
Vacuum Systems: Measurement and Materials
Week 3 09/10 & 09/12 Notes Vac Vacuum Systems: Gas Flow, Production, Example Calculation
Pfeiffer's Guide, Varian VT-301, Varian TriScroll-300, Leybold Cagtalog
Week 4 09/17 & 09/19 Notes 3
Notes 4 		Chap. 3 Statistics, Data vs. Models, Time distribution
Chap. 4 General Properties of Radiation Detectors, PS-1 due
Week 5 09/24 & 09/26 Notes 5
Notes 6 & 7		 Chap. 5 Ion Chambers, Ludlum_9DP-1 Survey Meter
Chap. 6 Proportional Counters, Chap. 7 G-M counters
Week 6 10/03 only Notes 8
Chap. 8 Principles of Scintillation, Organic/Inorganic materials, PS-2 due
Week 7 10/08 & 10/10 Notes 9
Notes 10
 Chap. 9 PMT Amplification, Burle's PMT,
Chap. 10 Spectroscopy with Scintillation Detectors
FIRST EXAM on Thursday ( Chaps. 1-8, & Vacuum)
Week 8 10/15 & 10/17 Notes 11
Notes 12		 Chap. 11 Semiconductor diodes, general
Chap. 12 Semiconductor diodes. Germanium
[ DNP Meeting in Crystal City, VA 14-17 Oct. for some people]
Week 9 10/22 & 10/24 Notes 13
Notes 20		 Chap. 13 Other semiconductor detectors / devices, SensL Docs
Chap. 20 Background in gamma-ray spectra
Week 10 10/29 & 10/31 Notes 14
Notes 15		 Chap. 14 Slow neutron detection
Chap. 15 Fast neutron detection, PS-3 due
Week 11 11/05 & 11/07 Notes 16a
Notes 16b		 Chap. 16 Pulse processing, Passive circuits
Chap. 16 Pulse processing, Active circuits
Week 12 11/12 & 11/14 Notes 17
Notes 18a		 Chap. 17 Noise, Linear and Logic signal processing
Chap. 18 A & T to D conversion, PS-4 due
Week 13 11/19 & 11/21 Notes 18b
Notes 18c

Chap. 18 Multidimensional daq NIM CAMAC ... VME
Chap. 17/18 Multidimensional detectors, digital processing
Week 14 11/26 & 11/28 Notes 19 Chap. 19 Miscellaneous Detectors, PS-5 due
[Thanksgiving Week]
Week 15 12/03 & 12/05 Wrap Up
Exam 2 		TBD
 SECOND EXAM Tuesday or Thursday? (comprehensive !)

The Chapter Numbers refer to the corresponding Chapters and Sections in the course textbook, ``Radiation Detection and Measurement'' by Glenn F. Knoll (Wiley & Sons, 3rd Edition from 2ooo, and/or 4th Edition from 2o1o)

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 22-Sep-2019 6:41 AM