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NUCLEAR AND SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND RESTORATION
cod. 23647

Academic year 2009/10
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisica della materia (FIS/03)
Field
Discipline fisiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
16 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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Learning objectives

 Acquirement of the elements of nuclear physics. Knowledge of the main spectroscopic techniques and basic electronics.

Prerequisites

The Corse requires the knowledge of elements of Modern Physics <br />
 

Course unit content

<p>Elements of nuclear physics: nuclei and elemental particles. <br />
Nuclear reactions and radioactive decays. <br />
Nuclear fusion and fission. The nuclear reactors. <br />
Ionization detectors. <br />
Scintillation detectors. Photomultipliers. <br />
Semiconductor detectors. <br />
Preamplifiers and amplifiers. Discriminators. Multichannel analyzers. <br />
X-ray and Electron Spectroscopies (outline) <br />
Particle induced X- and γ- ray emission (PIXE, PIGE) <br />
Rutherford Back-scattering (RBS) <br />
Moessbauer Spectroscopy (TMS) </p>

Full programme

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Bibliography

 • N.A. Jelley, “Fundamentals of nuclear physics”, Cambridge Univ. Press, UK (1990). <br />
• 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 />
• Kenji Kimura, Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy” in Encyclopedia of Anal. Chem., E.A. Meyers Ed., John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Chichester, 2000. <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). <br />

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