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Radiation Physics Books

There are many downloadable free Radiation Physics books, available in our collection of books. Which are available in the form of PDF, Online Textbooks, eBooks and lecture notes. These books cover basics, beginner, and advanced concepts and also those who looking for introduction to the same.

Radiation Physics for Personnel and Environmental Protection by J Donald Cossairt

This note explains basic radiation physics concepts and units of measurement, General considerations of radiation fields at accelerators, Prompt radiation fields due to electrons, Prompt radiation Fields due to protons and ions, Low energy prompt neutron radiation phenomena, Shielding materials and neutron energy spectra, Induced radioactivity in accelerator components, Induced radioactivity in environmental media and  radiation protection instrumentation at accelerators.

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s 328Pages

Principles Of Radiation Interactions by MIT

This page has PDF links to the following topics related to Radiation physics : Radiation Interactions, Radiation Chemistry, Effects on Chromosomes or DNA, Dose Response in Vitro: Cell Survival Curves, RBE or Clustered Damage, Protons and Alphas of same LET, Dose Response in Vivo, Chemical Modification of Radiation Response, Cell, Tissue and Tumor Kinetics, Radiation Therapy: Tumor Radiobiology, Radiation Therapy : Fractionation, Acute Effects of Whole Body Exposure, Late Effects: Chronic Exposure or Low Doses, Alpha Particles/Bystander Effect, Microbeams, RBE of Diagnostic X Rays, BNCT or Other Modalities.

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s NAPages

Radiation Physics by Yan Yu

The contents of this pdf are as follows: Basic properties of radiation, Sources of radiation, Interaction with matter, Measurement of radiation.

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s 123Pages

Radiation and particle detectors

The purpose of this note is to explain a range of principles and actual devices used to detect photons and ionized particles. Topics covered includes: Interaction of particles and radiation with matter, Units and detector characteristics, Gas-filled detectors, Surface photoemission detectors , Semiconductor detectors.

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s 91Pages

Radiation Physics For Personnel And Environmental Protection

This book covers the following topics: Basic Radiation Physics Concepts and Units of Measurement , General Considerations of Radiation Fields at Accelerators , Prompt Radiation Fields Due to Electrons, Prompt Radiation Fields Due to Protons and Ions, Low Energy Prompt Neutron Radiation Phenomena , Shielding Materials and Neutron Energy Spectra, Induced Radioactivity in Accelerator Components , Induced Radioactivity in Environmental Media, Radiation Protection Instrumentation at Accelerators.

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s 344Pages

Introduction to Radiation Physics, Quantities and Units

This note explains the basic physics of the electromagnetic and particulate forms of ionizing radiation. Also describes the distinctions between the units of radiation quantity, exposure and dose.

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s 49Pages

Basic Radiation Physics

The objective of this lecture note is to familiarize students with basic principles of radiation physics and modern physics used in radiotherapy.

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s 97Pages

Fundamentals of Radiation Dosimetry and Radiological Physics

This book covers the following topics: Photon Monte Carlo Simulation, Electron Monte Carlo Simulation, Transport in media, interaction models, Macroscopic Radiation physics, Photon dose calculation models, Electron dose calculation models, onization chamber-based air kerma standards.

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s 131Pages