Imaging Gaseous Detectors and Their Applications

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Imaging Gaseous Detectors and Their Applications

Author(s): Eugenio Nappi, Vladimir Peskov

Published Online: 6 FEB 2013 10:33AM EST

Print ISBN: 9783527408986

Online ISBN: 9783527640294

DOI: 10.1002/9783527640294

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Describing advanced detectors and their visualization and investigation techniques, this book presents the major applications in nuclear and high-energy physics, astrophysics, medicine and radiation measurements.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages I–XII)

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      Supplemental Images (pages c1–c20)

    3. Chapter 1

      Introduction (pages 1–20)

    4. Chapter 2

      Basic Processes in Gaseous Detectors (pages 21–51)

    5. Chapter 3

      Traditional Position-Sensitive Gaseous Detectors and Their Historical Development: From the Geiger Counter to the Multi-wire Proportional Chamber (1905 till 1968) (pages 53–83)

    6. Chapter 4

      The Multi Wire Proportional Chamber Era (pages 85–90)

    7. Chapter 5

      More in Depth about Gaseous Detectors (pages 91–144)

    8. Chapter 6

      New Ideas on Gaseous Detectors Conceived during the Early Years of the “Multi Wire Proportional Chambers” Era (1968–1977) (pages 145–159)

    9. Chapter 7

      Developments in MWPCs, PPACs, and RPCs after 1977 (pages 161–213)

    10. Chapter 8

      Micropattern Gaseous Detectors (pages 215–249)

    11. Chapter 9

      Applications of Imaging Gaseous Detectors (pages 251–311)

    12. Chapter 10

      Conclusions (pages 313–317)

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      Index (pages 319–324)

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