Description:

Nuclear spectroscopy comprises several experimental techniques which are of ultimate importance for experimental nuclear physics and various applications as well. Lecture will be devoted to fundamentals of X- and gamma- ray, charged particle and neutron spectroscopy.

Contents:

1. Introduction - basic definitions and historical review
2. Interaction of photons with matter, detection of X and gamma rays
3. Scintillation and semiconductor detectors and spectrometers, analysis of obtained spectra
4. Selected applications of gamma spectrometry, life time measurement, on beam spectrometry, angular correlations
5. Interaction of charged particles with matter and their detection
6. Different types of detectors, magnetic and electrostatic spectrometers.
7. Selected applications of low and high energy charged particle spectrometry
8. Interaction of neutrons with matter and their detection
9. Neutron spectrometry and its applications
10. Interaction of neutrino with matter, their detection and spectrometry

Seminar contents:

Testing knowledge on particular problems from chapters:
1. Introduction - basic definitions and historical review
2. Interaction of photons with matter, detection of X and gamma rays
3. Scintillation and semiconductor detectors and spectrometers, analysis of obtained spectra
4. Selected applications of gamma spectrometry, life time measurement, on beam spectrometry, angular correlations
5. Interaction of charged particles with matter and their detection
6. Different types of detectors, magnetic and electrostatic spectrometers.
7. Selected applications of low and high energy charged particle spectrometry
8. Interaction of neutrons with matter and their detection
9. Neutron spectrometry and its applications
10. Interaction of neutrino with matter, their detection and spectrometry

Recommended literature:

Key references:
[1] H. Ejiri, M.J. A de Voigt: Gamma-Ray and electron spectroscopy in nuclear physics, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1989
[2] D. N. Poenaru, W. Greiner: Experimental Techniques in Nuclear Physics, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York, 1997

Recommended references:
[3] G.F.Knoll, Radiation detection and measurement, J.Willey and Sons NY 1979
[4] K.Siegbahn Ed. Aplha- beta- and gamma- spectroscopy, North Holland Publishing Co.
Amsterdam 1968
[5] K.Debertin, R.G.Helmer Gamma- and X-ray spectrometry with semiconductor detectors, North Holland 1988

Media and tools:
Lecture room with dataprojector

Keywords:

Nuclear spectroscopy, charged particles, gamma-rays, X-rays

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar