Created October 19, 1995
SECTION 7: Charged Particle Interactions
- 7.1 Types of Interactions
- Introduction
- Stopping Power
- The Bragg Curve
- Bremsstrahlung
- 7.2 Range of Charged Particles
- Charged Particle Range
- Scaling Laws
- Linear Energy Transfer
- 7.3 Related Topics
- Neutron detection
- X-ray production
SECTION 8: Laboratory Exercises
- Half-life Measurement
- Attenuation Coefficient Measurement
- Statistical Variation of Data
- Energy Spectrum Analysis
Douglas J. Wagenaar, Ph.D., wagenaar@nucmed.bih.harvard.edu