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Description:
Advanced
Summer School in Radiation Detection
This first year of the
UC Berkeley - Univ. Tokyo Advanced Summer School in Radiation Detection
aims at providing a broad overview on basic and advanced concepts in
the detection and electronics processing of ionizing radiation and
their associated applications in a wide range of fields. Advanced
requirements of applications drive the developments of new and improved
concepts in radiation detection which then enables us to define new and
refined questions demanding again further technological improvements
creating a cycle that reflects the close coupling between detection
technologies and applications.
Course
description
- Advanced concepts in
the detection of ionizing radiation, nuclear instrumentation, including
radiation detection, signal generation and processing, digital and
integrated electronics.
- Position sensitive
detection of photons, charged particles, and neutrons and concept of
particle tracking as perquisite for imaging.
- Wide range of
applications in basic and applied research, nuclear medicine,
biomedical imaging, nuclear security, etc.
Course
prerequisites
Fundamentals
in nuclear radiation and reactions (UCB: NE101 and NE104A)
Prerequisite
knowledge and/or skills
The course uses the
following knowledge and skills from the prerequisites above and
lower-division courses:
-
Characteristics
of ionizing radiation
- Sources
of ionizing radiation
- Nuclear
decay processes
- Basic
knowledge of nuclear structure
- Interaction
of ionizing radiation with matter:
o
Photons
(X-rays, gamma-rays)
o
Charged
particles (stopping power)
o
Neutrons
(slow and fast)
- Statistical
treatment and uncertainties of observables
- Basic
concepts in detector signal generation and processing
- Familiarity
with electronics signal processing components ranging from preamplifier
to shaping amplifier, and analog-to-digital conversion
Course
objectives and outcomes
- Introduce students to
advanced concepts in detecting ionizing radiation and electronics
processing to enable and optimize specific feature extractions from the
signal obtained. These features range from simple counting to energy
and time as well as positions of the incident radiation for example to
enable imaging measurements.
- Introduction to wide
range of applications using synchrotron radiation, high-energy
accelerators, or neutron or photon sources.
- One of the focus
areas is the ability to image sources of ionizing radiation by
different means. Basic and advanced concepts in imaging will be
discussed.
- Research in materials
will be introduced to illustrate efforts to improve basic and
operational performance in semi-conductor and scintillation detectors.
Topics
covered
- Gamma-Ray Detection and Gamma-Ray Imaging for Basic and
Applied Research
- Neutron Detection and Neutron Imaging
- Ultra-High Energy Resolution Detectors
- Ultra-High Position Resolution, Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors
- Scintillation Detection and New Materials
- Nuclear Medicine and Biomedical Imaging
- High-Energy Detectors and Associated Electronics
- Synchrotron Radiation and Applications
- Digital Signal Processing and Integrated Circuits in Nuclear
Electronics
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