Semiconductor Radiation Detectors
Device Physics
Published on 15. June 2007
XI, 353 pages
978-3-540-71679-2 (ISBN)
Description
Starting from basic principles, the author, whose own contributions to these developments have been significant, describes the rapidly growing field of modern semiconductor detectors used for energy and position measurement radiation. This development was stimulated by requirements in elementary particle physics where it has led to important scientific discoveries. It has now spread to many other fields of science and technology. The book is written in a didactic way and includes an introduction to semiconductor physics. The working principles of semiconductor radiation detectors are explained in an intuitive way, followed by formal quantitative analysis. Broad coverage is also given to electronic signal readout and to the subject of radiation damage. The book is the first to comprehensively cover the semiconductor radiation detectors currently in use. It is useful as a teaching guide and as a reference work for research and applications.
Reviews / Votes
From the reviews:
"(This) book is the first comprehensive review specifically oriented to applications of planar silicon technology for radiation detectors and front-end electronics. ... This book has a lot of useful problems, with solutions, which encourage deeper understanding of detector technologies."
(A. Rozenfeld, The Physicist, 2000)
More details
Series
Edition
1st ed. 1999. 2nd printing 2007
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
VIII, 283 p.
File size
5,52 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-540-71679-2 (9783540716792)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-71679-2
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Book
05/2007
Springer
€149.79
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Content
Semiconductor Physics.- Semiconductors.- Basic Semiconductor Structures.- Semiconductor Detectors.- Semiconductors as Detectors.- Detectors for Energy and Radiation-Level Measurement.- Detectors for Position and Energy Measurement.- The Electronics of the Readout Function.- The Integration of Detectors and Their Electronics.- Detectors with Intrinsic Amplification.- Detector Technology.- Device Stability and Radiation Hardness.- Device Simulation.
