Number of hours
- Lectures 20.0
- Tutorials 4.0
ECTS
ECTS 2.0
Goal(s)
The aim of this set of lectures is to provide an insight of the interactions between charged particles (proton, alpha, electron) and matter, as well as the interaction between photons and neutrons with matter. A mathematical description of such interactions is provided and put in perspective with experimental's results. Examples of applications are also detailed.
This set of lectures constitutes a pre-requisite for the course "Nuclear Physics" which takes place in semester 4.
Contact Arnaud LUCOTTEContent(s)
I - Reminder : main concepts and units
- Components of matter and their interactions
- Units and definitions
- The atomic nucleus
- Reminder of relativistic kinematics
- Reminder of Cross section and mean free path
- Application to the Rutherford Experiment
II - Interaction between charged ions and matter
- The different types of interaction
- Stopping power and the Bethe-Block formulation
- Mean path for charged particles
III - Interaction between electron and matter
- The different types of interaction :
- Energy loss by ionisation : Bethe-Block formulation
- Energy loss by radiative emission (Bremstrahlung)
- Mean path for electron in matter
IV - Interaction between photon and matter
- Compton scattering
- Photoelectric interaction
- Pair creation
V - Interaction between neutron and matter
- Classificationof neutrons
- Neutron matter interactions
VI - Interaction with biological matter
Prerequisites
The exam is given in english only
This course is given in english only
Glenn F. KNOLL : Radiation Detection and Measurement, John Wiley and Sons Ed., 2010
William R. LEO : Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments: A How-To Approach, Springer-Verlag, 1994