2025Year

First Semester

Radiation Detection and Measurement

Lecture

Radiation Detection and Measurement

Z0800005 Radiation Detection and Measurement

WATANABE Takashi

2.0Credits

Fri.2Period

Hachioji Campus

1S-209講義室

A) A high degree of specialized expertise　100%
B) The skills to use science and technology　0%
C) The ability to conduct research independently, knowledge pertaining to society and occupations, and sense of ethics required of engineers and researchers　0%
D) Creative skills in specific areas of specialization　0%

Radiation is the powerful tools in industrial purposes, medical purposes, food science and agricultural purposes. However, there are serious risks if our understanding is no correct. We should have knowledge of radiation, radiation sources, interactions between radiation and matters very well. In addition to them, we need to know how to detect radiation and get information about that.
In this lecture, we stand on the systematic viewing of science and learn how to treat radiation.

On completion of this lecture, the student should be able to:
- Have an awareness of the kind of radiation and explain their characteristics
- Have an awareness of the detection method for each radiation

Students should be studied fundamental "mathematical analysis", "algebra", "mechanics", "thermodynamics" and "electromagnetism". In addtion, it is desirable to study "quantum mechanics" and "relativistic kinematics".

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1. Introduction and Kinematics:
It's reviewed about electromagnetism and relativistic kinematics
2. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics:
It's reviewed about quantum mechanics
3. Radiation sources -overview-:
It's learned about the structure of the atom and studying the beam of electron beam or charged heavy particles
4. Radiation sources -neutral ray-:
It's learned about electromagnetic waves and neutral rays. In addition to them, studying the characteristic behavior of the beam of high-energy particles.
5. Interaction of radiation with matters:
It's learned about interactions between charged particles and matters.
6. Interaction of radiation with matters - neutral particles-:
It's learned about interactions between neutral particles, electromagnetic waves, and matters.
7. Counting statistics and error estimation:
It's learned about statistics.
8. Counting statistics and error estimation Part II:
It's learned about how to treat the counting data and their uncertainty in radiation measurement.
9. General property of Radiation Detector:
It's learned about the structure and construction of radiation detectors.
10. Solid and Liquid Detector:
It's learned about the kind of scintillation detectors, the read-out of the scintillation light, the structure of the photo-multiplier tube, and the light diode.
11. Energy Spectrum:
It's learned why a spectrum of detected radiation is smeared from the ideal shape.
12. Gaseous Detector:
It's learned about the ionization process in gas and the mechanism of gas amplification. In addition, it's considered about the application of multi-wire proportional chamber.
13. Recent technology:
Let's me introduce the detector development in which the modern technology, e.g. Micro-pattern Gas Detector, was taken.
14. Simulation code
Let's practice a simple example using Simulation Code such as GEANT4.
15. Summary (Reviewing of this lecture)

Students must submit reports (2 or 3 reports, depend on the progress) at specified deadline.

After grading the submitted report, it will be returned in sequence to encourage confirmation of understanding.

The textbook is not specified. Materials may be distributed as needed.

- "Radiation Detection and Measurement (Fourth Edition)" (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)

From 11:40 am. to 12:30 pm. on every Wednesday in the 1st Semester @ 01W-332 (Hachioji Campus). An online meeting is available.

Any comments and questions are always welcomed. If I'm not in my office, please send e-mail (ft11196 [at] g.kogkauin.jp).

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