Radiation Dosimetry and Protection

Catalog description

A survey of personal and environmental dosimetry and monitoring with an emphasis on ionizing radiation. Topics include photon and neutron beams, particle interactions, stopping power, range absorbed dose, charged particle equilibrium, measurement techniques, cavity theory, ionization chambers, thermoluminescence, photographic, chemical, and calorimetric dosimetry, pulse-mode-detectors, scintillation materials, semiconductor dosimeters, biophysical models. P: PHY 301 , BIO 202 ; Graduate standing.