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Università degli Studi di Parma
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LABORATORY
cod. 16589

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisica della materia (FIS/03)
Field
Discipline fisiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
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Learning objectives

Acquirement of methodologies of experimental investigation. <br />
Mastery of advanced electronic instrumentations.

Prerequisites

The Course requires the knowledge of elements of Modern Physics.

Course unit content

<p>Ionization detectors. <br />
Scintillation detectors. Photomultipliers. <br />
Semiconductor detectors. <br />
Preamplifiers and amplifiers. Discriminators.. Multichannel analyzers. <br />
Radioactive sources. Alpha and Beta decay. Emission of gamma rays. <br />
Electron capture. Internal conversion. <br />
Resonant emission and absorption of gamma rays: the Mössbauer Spectroscopy.  </p>

Full programme

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Bibliography

• W. R. Leo, 'Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments', Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg (1987). <br />
• G. C. Eichholz and J.W. Poston, 'Principles of nuclear radiation detection', Ann Arbor Sci. Publ. Inc., Michigan (1979). <br />
• G. K. Wertheim, 'Mössbauer Effect Principles and Applications', Academic Press, New York (1964). <br />
• M. Carbucicchio, 'Mössbauer Spectroscopy', in 'Physics of Metals', p. 108, E. S. Giuliano and C. Rizzuto eds., World Sci., Singapore (1988).

Teaching methods

The Course includes lectures and laboratory experiments. The valuation takes place during the experiments. A final report is also required.

Assessment methods and criteria

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