Statistical Methods In Radiation Physics

Author : James E. Turner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 3527646566
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statistical Methods in Radiation Physics written by James E. Turner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This statistics textbook, with particular emphasis on radiation protection and dosimetry, deals with statistical solutions to problems inherent in health physics measurements and decision making. The authors begin with a description of our current understanding of the statistical nature of physical processes at the atomic level, including radioactive decay and interactions of radiation with matter. Examples are taken from problems encountered in health physics, and the material is presented such that health physicists and most other nuclear professionals will more readily understand the application of statistical principles in the familiar context of the examples. Problems are presented at the end of each chapter, with solutions to selected problems provided online. In addition, numerous worked examples are included throughout the text.

Author : Olga Moreira
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781680944372
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statistical Methods in Radiation Physics written by Olga Moreira and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of contemporary research articles which outline different techniques and methods used in the analysis of radioactive decay, dosimetry, radiation therapy and incident solar radiation data. The book is porimarily aimed at researchers, advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the natural and life sciences.

Author : Louis Lyons
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316101630
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statistics for Nuclear and Particle Physicists written by Louis Lyons and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-04-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written by a non-statistician for non-statisticians, emphasises the practical approach to those problems in statistics which arise regularly in data analysis situations in nuclear and high-energy physics experiments. Rather than concentrating on formal proofs of theorems, an abundant use of simple examples illustrates the general ideas which are presented, showing the reader how to obtain the maximum information from the data in the simplest manner. Possible difficulties with the various techniques, and pitfalls to be avoided, are also discussed. Based on a series of lectures given by the author to both students and staff at Oxford, this common-sense approach to statistics will enable nuclear physicists to understand better how to do justice to their data in both analysis and interpretation.

Author : Louis Lyons
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521379342
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statistics for Nuclear and Particle Physicists written by Louis Lyons and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-04-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written by a non-statistician for non-statisticians, emphasises the practical approach to those problems in statistics which arise regularly in data analysis situations in nuclear and high-energy physics experiments. Rather than concentrating on formal proofs of theorems, an abundant use of simple examples illustrates the general ideas which are presented, showing the reader how to obtain the maximum information from the data in the simplest manner. Possible difficulties with the various techniques, and pitfalls to be avoided, are also discussed. Based on a series of lectures given by the author to both students and staff at Oxford, this common-sense approach to statistics will enable nuclear physicists to understand better how to do justice to their data in both analysis and interpretation.

Author : W. C. Hoffman
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483154157
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statistical Methods in Radio Wave Propagation written by W. C. Hoffman and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistical Methods in Radio Wave Propagation contains the proceedings of a symposium held at the University of California, Los Angeles, on June 18-20, 1958. The papers explore the use of statistical techniques in the analysis and interpretation of data pertaining to the propagation of radio waves. The discussion is organized around three themes: statistical theory and methodology; radio propagation phenomena having a joint statistical and physical structure; and instrumentation. This book is comprised of 23 chapters and begins by summarizing the principal results of a series of statistical studies on the intensity distributions due to rapid fading. The reader is then introduced to some theoretical investigations on fading phenomena; radio-measurement of ionospheric drift as a problem in parameter estimation; the propagation of random radiation in free space; and the statistics of working spells and periods of breakdown for a number of radio links in series. The remaining chapters deal with airborne measurements of tropospheric index of refraction fluctuations; the distribution of the fade lengths of a randomly fading radio signal; diversity statistics in scatter propagation; and extrapolation of spatial correlation functions. The final chapter describes a rapid statistical data processing system for radio propagation research. This monograph will be a useful resource for both radio scientists and statisticians.

Author : Syed Naeem Ahmed
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128016442
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physics and Engineering of Radiation Detection written by Syed Naeem Ahmed and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physics and Engineering of Radiation Detection presents an overview of the physics of radiation detection and its applications. It covers the origins and properties of different kinds of ionizing radiation, their detection and measurement, and the procedures used to protect people and the environment from their potentially harmful effects. The second edition is fully revised and provides the latest developments in detector technology and analyses software. Also, more material related to measurements in particle physics and a complete solutions manual have been added. Discusses the experimental techniques and instrumentation used in different detection systems in a very practical way without sacrificing the physics content Provides useful formulae and explains methodologies to solve problems related to radiation measurements Contains many worked-out examples and end-of-chapter problems Detailed discussions on different detection media, such as gases, liquids, liquefied gases, semiconductors, and scintillators Chapters on statistics, data analysis techniques, software for data analysis, and data acquisition systems

Author : International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher : IAEA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radiation Oncology Physics written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by IAEA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is aimed at students and teachers involved in teaching programmes in field of medical radiation physics, and it covers the basic medical physics knowledge required in the form of a syllabus for modern radiation oncology. The information will be useful to those preparing for professional certification exams in radiation oncology, medical physics, dosimetry or radiotherapy technology.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309096103
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assessment of the Scientific Information for the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was set up by Congress in 1990 to compensate people who have been diagnosed with specified cancers and chronic diseases that could have resulted from exposure to nuclear-weapons tests at various U.S. test sites. Eligible claimants include civilian onsite participants, downwinders who lived in areas currently designated by RECA, and uranium workers and ore transporters who meet specified residence or exposure criteria. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which oversees the screening, education, and referral services program for RECA populations, asked the National Academies to review its program and assess whether new scientific information could be used to improve its program and determine if additional populations or geographic areas should be covered under RECA. The report recommends Congress should establish a new science-based process using a method called "probability of causation/assigned share" (PC/AS) to determine eligibility for compensation. Because fallout may have been higher for people outside RECA-designated areas, the new PC/AS process should apply to all residents of the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, and overseas US territories who have been diagnosed with specific RECA-compensable diseases and who may have been exposed, even in utero, to radiation from U.S. nuclear-weapons testing fallout. However, because the risks of radiation-induced disease are generally low at the exposure levels of concern in RECA populations, in most cases it is unlikely that exposure to radioactive fallout was a substantial contributing cause of cancer.

Author : William H. Louisell
Publisher : Wiley-VCH
ISBN 13 : 9780471523659
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quantum Statistical Properties of Radiation written by William H. Louisell and published by Wiley-VCH. This book was released on 1990-01-25 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback, this classic work presents a cohesive account of developments in the quantum statistical properties of radiation from first principles, with emphasis on principles and techniques.

Author : James E. Martin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 3527618805
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physics for Radiation Protection written by James E. Martin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-07-11 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly practical reference for health physicists and other professionals, addressing practical problems in radiation protection, this new edition has been completely revised, updated and supplemented by such new sections as log-normal distribution and digital radiography, as well as new chapters on internal radiation dose and the environmental transport of radionuclides. Designed for readers with limited as well as basic science backgrounds, the handbook presents clear, thorough and up-to-date explanations of the basic physics necessary. It provides an overview of the major discoveries in radiation physics, plus extensive discussion of radioactivity, including sources and materials, as well as calculational methods for radiation exposure, comprehensive appendices and more than 400 figures. The text draws substantially on current resource data available, which is cross-referenced to standard compendiums, providing decay schemes and emission energies for approximately 100 of the most common radionuclides encountered by practitioners. Excerpts from the Chart of the Nuclides, activation cross sections, fission yields, fission-product chains, photon attenuation coefficients, and nuclear masses are also provided. Throughout, the author emphasizes applied concepts and carefully illustrates all topics using real-world examples as well as exercises. A much-needed working resource for health physicists and other radiation protection professionals.