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| Radiation Sources | |
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| Units And Definitions | |
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| Fast Electron Sources | |
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| Heavy Charged Particle Sources | |
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| Sources Of Electromagnetic Radiation | |
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| Neutron Sources | |
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| Radiation Interactions | |
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| Interaction Of Heavy Charged Particles | |
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| Interaction Of Fast Electrons | |
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| Interaction Of Gamma Rays | |
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| Interaction Of Neutrons | |
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| Radiation Exposure And Dose | |
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| Counting Statistics And Error Prediction | |
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| Characterization Of Data | |
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| Statistical Models | |
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| Applications Of Statistical Models | |
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| Error Propagation | |
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| Optimization Of Counting Experiments | |
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| Limits Of Detectability | |
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| Distribution Of Time Intervals | |
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| General Properties Of Radiation Detectors | |
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| Simplified Detector Model | |
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| Modes Of Detector Operation | |
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| Pulse Height Spectra | |
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| Counting Curves And Plateaus | |
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| Energy Resolution | |
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| Detection Efficiency | |
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| Dead Time | |
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| Ionization Chambers | |
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| The Ionization Process In Gases | |
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| Charge Migration And Collection | |
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| Design And Operation Of Dc Ion Chambers | |
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| Radiation Dose Measurement With Ion Chambers | |
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| Applications Of Dc Ion Chambers | |
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| Pulse Mode Operation | |
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| Proportional Counters | |
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| Gas Multiplication | |
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| Design Features Of Proportional Counters | |
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| Proportional Counter Performance | |
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| Detection Efficiency And Counting Curves | |
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| Variants Of The Proportional Counter Design | |
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| Micropattern Gas Detectors | |
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| Geiger-Mueller Counters | |
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| The Geiger Discharge | |
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| Fill Gases | |
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| Quenching | |
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| Time Behavior | |
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| The Geiger Counting Plateau | |
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| Design Features | |
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| Counting Efficiency | |
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| Time-To-First-Count Method | |
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| G-M Survey Meters | |
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| Scintillation Detector Principles | |
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| Organic Scintillators | |
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| Inorganic Scintillators | |
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| Light Collection And Scintillator Mounting | |
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| Photomultiplier Tubes And Photodiodes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Photocathode | |
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| Electron Multiplication | |
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| Photomultiplier Tube Characteristics | |
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| Ancillary Equipment Required With Photomultiplier Tubes | |
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| Photodiodes As Substitutes For Photomultiplier Tubes | |
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| Scintillation Pulse Shape Analysis | |
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| Hybrid Photomultiplier Tubes | |
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| Position-Sensing Photomultiplier Tubes | |
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| X. Photoionization Detectors | |
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| Radiation Spectroscopy With Scintillators | |
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| General Considerations In Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy | |
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| Gamma-Ray Interactions | |
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| Predicted Response Functions | |
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| Properties Of Scintillation Gamma-Ray Spectrometers | |
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| Response Of Scintillation Detectors To Neutrons | |
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| Electron Spectroscopy With Scintillators | |
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| Specialized Detector Configurations Based On Scintillation | |
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| Semiconductor Diode Detectors | |
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| Semiconductor Properties | |
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| The Action Of Ionizing Radiation In Semiconductors | |
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| Semiconductors As Radiation Detectors | |
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| Semiconductor Detector Configurations | |
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| Operational Characteristics | |
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| Applications Of Silicon Diode Detectors | |
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| Germanium Gamma-Ray Detectors | |
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| General Considerations | |
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| Configurations Of Germanium Detectors | |
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| Germanium Detector Operational Characteristics | |
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| Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy With Germanium Detectors | |
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| Other Solid-State Detectors | |
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| Lithium-Drifted Silicon Detectors | |
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| Semiconductor Materials Other Than Silicon Or Germanium | |
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| Avalanche Detectors | |
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| Photoconductive Detectors | |
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| Position-Sensitive Semiconductor Detectors | |
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| Slow Neutron Detection Methods | |
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| Nuclear Reactions Of Interest In Neutron Detection | |
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| Detectors Based On The Boron Reaction | |
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| Detectors Based On Other Conversion Reactions | |
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| Reactor Instrumentation | |
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| Fast Neutron Detection And Spectroscopy | |
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| Counters Based On Neutron Moderation | |
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| Detectors Based On Fast Neutron-Induced Reactions | |
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| Detectors That Utilize Fast Neutron Scattering | |
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| Pulse Processing | |
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| Overview Of Pulse Processing | |
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| Device Impedances | |
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| Coaxial Cables | |
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| Linear And Logic Pulses | |
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| Instrument Standards | |
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| Summary Of Pulse-Processing Units | |
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| Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICS) | |
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| Components Common To Many Applications | |
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| Pulse Shaping, Counting, And Timing | |
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| Pulse Shaping | |
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| Pulse Counting Systems | |
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| Pulse Height Analysis Systems | |
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| Digital Pulse Processing | |
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| Systems Involving Pulse Timing | |
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| Pulse Shape Discrimination | |
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| Multichannel Pulse Analysis | |
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| Single-Channel Methods | |
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| General Multichannel Characteristics | |
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| The Multichannel Analyzer | |
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| Spectrum Stabilization And Relocation | |
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| Spectrum Analysis | |
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| Miscellaneous Detector Types | |
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| Cherenkov Detectors | |
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| Gas-Filled Detectors In Self-Quenched Streamer Mode | |
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| High-Pressure Xenon Spectrometers | |
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| Liquid Ionization And Proportional Counters | |
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| Cryogenic Detectors | |
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| Photographic Emulsions | |
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| Thermoluminescent Dosimeters And Image Plates | |
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| Track-Etch Detectors | |
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| Superheated Drop Or "Bubble Detectors" | |
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| X. Neutron Detection By Activation | |
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| XI. Detection Methods Based On Integrated Circuit Components | |
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| Background And Detector Shielding | |
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| Sources Of Background | |
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| Background In Gamma-Ray Spectra | |
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| Background In Other Detectors | |
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| Shielding Materials | |
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| Active Methods Of Background Reduction | |
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| The NIM, CAMAC, And VME Instrumentation Standards | |
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| Derivation Of The Expression For Sample Variance In Chapter 3 | |
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| Statistical Behavior Of Counting Data For Variable Mean Value | |
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| The Shockley-Ramo Theorem For Induced Charge | |