Silicon Solid State Devices and Radiation Detection

This book addresses the fundamental principles of interaction between radiation and matter, the principles of working and the operation of particle detectors based on silicon solid state devices. It covers a broad scope in the fields of application of radiation detectors based on silicon solid state devices from low to high energy physics experiments, including in outer space and in the medical environment. This book also covers state-of-the-art detection techniques in the use of radiation detectors based on silicon solid state devices and their readout electronics, including the latest develo.

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Preface; Contents; 1. Interactions of Charged Particles and Photons; 1.1 Passage of Massive Charged Particles Through Matter; 1.1.1 Collision-Loss Processes of Massive Charged Particles; 1.1.1.1 Maximum Transferable Energy to Atomic Electrons; 1.1.1.2 Bragg Curve and Peak; 1.1.1.3 Energy-Loss Minimum, Density Effect and Relativistic Rise; 1.1.1.4 Restricted Energy-Loss and Fermi Plateau; 1.1.1.5 Energy-Loss Fluctuations and the Most Probable Energy-Loss; 1.1.1.6 Improved Energy-Loss Distribution and Effective Most Probable Energy-Loss; 1.1.1.7 Nuclear Energy-Loss of Massive Particles.

1.2 Collision and Radiation Energy-Losses of Electrons and Positrons1.2.1 Collision Losses and the Most Probable Energy-Loss; 1.2.2 Radiation Energy-Losses; 1.3 Nuclear and Non-Ionizing Energy Losses of Electrons; 1.3.1 Scattering Cross Section of Electrons on Nuclei; 1.3.1.1 Interpolated Expression for RMott; 1.3.1.2 Screened Coulomb Potentials; 1.3.1.3 Finite Nuclear Size; 1.3.1.4 Finite Rest Mass of Target Nucleus; 1.3.2 Nuclear Stopping Power of Electrons; 1.3.3 Non-Ionizing Energy-Loss of Electrons; 1.4 Interactions of Photons with Matter; 1.4.1 Photoelectric Effect; 1.4.2 Compton Effect.

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