Table of Contents

Statistical Errors of Radiation Counting

Poison distribution, standard error, Gaussian distribution

Review of Atomic and Nuclear Physics

Kinetic energy, binding energy, rest mass

Energy Loss and Penetration of Radiation

Kinetic energy, pair production, bremsstrahlung

Gas-Filled Detectors

Ionization chamber, proportional counter, electric field

Scintillation Detectors

Phototube, dynodes, photocathode