Gamma Rays

Technology, Applications & Health Implications

Buch | Hardcover

421 Seiten

2013
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-62257-697-5 (ISBN)

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Gamma-rays originate from the decay of excited states of the atomic nuclei in a similar manner as the visible light originates from the decay of the atom itself. Gamma rays belong to the class of ionizing radiation, together with alpha rays (doubly ionized atoms of helium) and beta rays (electrons). The spectroscopy of gamma rays, having the unique feature that by photo-effect transform their total energy to the energy of electrons in the detection material, contributed decisively to the establishing of the decay schemes of atomic nuclei. Strong sources of gamma radiation are widely used in contemporary technologies for cancer treatment, material modification, medical imaging, and food sterilization. The main goal of this book is to present to the non-specialist reader the contemporary applications of gamma rays by selected chapters on that issue. This book has 16 selected chapters from basic application of gamma rays to applied issues like food sterilization and polymer modification.

Preface; Characterization of sources with gamma-ray coincidence emission with two NaI(Tl) detectors; Methods of low level gamma spectroscopy; Using gamma ray logs in soft computing; Spatial features of SFE current systems & geomagnetic pulsations Psfe related to gamma radiation from solar flares; High natural gamma radiation in two Brazilian areas; Inventories of natural radioactivity in groundwater of South America; Role of dosimetry in gamma rays radiation processing.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 260 mm
Gewicht	540 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Elektrodynamik
ISBN-10	1-62257-697-7 / 1622576977
ISBN-13	978-1-62257-697-5 / 9781622576975
Zustand	Neuware