Basic Radiation Physics

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Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 2 ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR STRUCTURE 3 ELECTRON INTERACTIONS 4 PHOTON INTERACTIONS 5 BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Chapter 1. Basic Radiation Physics Slides Text

[edit] INTRODUCTION

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1. Fundamental physical constants
2. Important derived physical constants and relationships
3. Physical quantities and units
4. Classification of forces in nature
5. Classification of fundamental particles
6. Classification of radiation
7. Classification of ionizing photon radiation
8. Relativistic mass, energy, and momentum relationships
9. Radiation quantities and units

[edit] ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR STRUCTURE

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1. Basic definitions for atomic structure
2. Rutherford's model of the atom
3. Bohr's model of hydrogen atom
4. Multi-electron atoms
5. Nuclear structure
6. Nuclear reactions
7. Radioactivity
8. Activation of isotopes
9. Modes of radioactive decay

[edit] ELECTRON INTERACTIONS

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1. Electron-orbital electron interactions
2. Electron-nucleus interactions
3. Stopping power
4. Mass scattering power

[edit] PHOTON INTERACTIONS

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1. Types of indirectly ionizing photon radiations
2. Photon beam attenuation
3. Types of photon interactions
4. Photoelectric effect
5. Coherent (Rayleigh) scattering
6. Compton effect (incoherent scattering)
7. Pair production
8. Photonuclear reactions
9. Contributions to attenuation coefficients
10. Relative predominance of individual effects
11. Effects following photon interactions
12. Summary of photon interactions
13. Example
14. Production of vacancies in atomic shells

[edit] BIBLIOGRAPHY

• ATTIX, F.H., ROESCH, W.C., TOCHILIN, E., “Radiation dosimetry”, Academic Press, New York, New York, U.S.A. (1968).
• ATTIX, F.H.,“Introduction to radiological physics and radiation dosimetry”, Wiley, New York, New York, U.S.A. (1986).
• EVANS, R.D., “The atomic nucleus”, McGraw Hill, New York, New York, U.S.A. (1955).
• HALE, J.,“The fundamentals of radiological science”, Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A. (1974).
• JOHNS, H.E., CUNNINGHAM, J.R, “The physics of radiology”, Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A. (1984).
• KASE, K.R, BJARNGARD, B.E., ATTIX, F.H. (editors), “The dosimetry of ionizing radiation”, Academic Press, San Diego, California, U.S.A. (1985).
• KHAN, F., “The physics of radiation therapy”, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. (1994).
• YAYARAMAN, S., LANZL, L.H., “Clinical radiotherapy physics”, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida (1996).

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