Practical Gamma-ray Spectroscopy

Preface to the Second Edition.
Preface to the First Edition.
Internet resource within the Book.
1. Radioactive Decay and the Origin of Gamma and X-Radiation.
2. Interactions of Gamma Radiation with Matter.
3. Semiconductor Detectors for Gamma-Ray Spectrometry.
4. Electronics for Gamma-ay Spectrometry.
5. Statistics of Counting.
6. Resolution: Origins and Control.
7. Spectrometer Calibration.
8. True Coincidence Summing.
9. Computer Analysis of Gamma-Ray Spectra.
10. Scintillation Spectrometry.
11. Choosing and Setting up a Detector, and Checking its Specifications.
12. Troubleshooting.
13. Low Count Rate Systems.
14. High Count Rate Systems.
15. Ensuring Quality in Gamma-Ray Spectrometry.
16. Gamma Spectrometry of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM).
17. Applications.
Appendix A. Sources of Information.
Appendix B. Gamma-and X-Ray Standards fro Detector Calibration.
Appendix C. X-Rays Routinely Found in Gamma Spectra.
Appendix D. Gamma-Ray Energies in the Detector Background and the Environment.
Appendix E. Chemical Names, Symbols and Relative Atomic Masses of the Elements.
Glossary.
Index.