An Introduction to X-Ray Physics, Optics, and Applications / Carolyn MacDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacDonald, Carolyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

X-ray optics.

X-ray spectroscopy.

Optical detectors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this book, Carolyn A. MacDonald provides a comprehensive introduction to the physics of a wide range of x-ray applications, optics, and analysis tools. Theory is applied to practical considerations of optics and applications ranging from astronomy to medical imaging and materials analysis.Emphasizing common physical concepts that underpin diverse phenomena and applications of x-ray physics, the book opens with a look at nuclear medicine, motivating further investigations into scattering, detection, and noise statistics. The second section explores topics in x-ray generation, including characteristic emission, x-ray fluorescence analysis, bremsstrahlung emission, and synchrotron and laser sources. The third section details the main forms of interaction, including the physics of photoelectric absorption, coherent and Compton scattering, diffraction, and refractive, reflective, and diffractive optics. Applications in this section include x-ray spectroscopy, crystallography, and dose and contrast in radiography. A bibliography is included at the end of every chapter, and solutions to chapter problems are provided in the appendix.Based on a course for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in physics and related sciences and also intended for researchers, An Introduction to X-Ray Physics, Optics, and Applications offers a thorough survey of the physics of x-ray generation and of interaction with materials.Common aspects of diverse phenomena emphasizedTheoretical development tied to practical applications Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in physics or related sciences, as well as researchersExamples and problems include applications drawn from medicine, astronomy, and materials analysisDetailed solutions are provided for all examples and problems

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Constants and Variables

PART I. FOUNDATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. A CASE STUDY: NUCLEAR MEDICINE

PART II. X- RAY GENERATION

3. THERMAL SOURCES AND PLASMAS

4 CHARACTERISTIC RADIATION, X- RAY TUBES, AND X- RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY

5. SOURCE INTENSITY, DIVERGENCE, AND COHERENCE

6. BREMSSTRAHLUNG RADIATION AND X- RAY TUBES

7. SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

8. X- RAY LASERS

PART III. X-RAY INTERACTIONS WITH MATTER

9. PHOTOELECTRIC ABSORPTION, ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY, IMAGING, AND DETECTION

10. COMPTON SCATTERING

11. COHERENT SCATTER I: REFRACTION AND REFLECTION

12. REFRACTIVE AND REFLECTIVE OPTICS

13. COHERENT SCATTER II: DIFFRACTION

14. SINGLE-CRYSTAL AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DIFFRACTION

15. DIFFRACTION OPTICS

Appendix: solutions to End-of-Chapter Problems

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781523124596

1523124598

OCLC:

987474001