Radiation detection and measurement / Glenn F. Knoll

Includes bibliographical references and index

Radiation sources --Radiation interactions --Counting statistics and error prediction --General properties of radiation detectors --Ionization chambers --Proportional counters --Geiger-Mueller counters --Scintillation detector principles --Photomultiplier tubes and photodiodes --Radiation spectroscopy with scintillators --Semiconductor diode detectors --Germanium gamma-ray detectors --Other solid-state detectors --Slow neutron detection methods --Fast neutron detection and spectroscopy --Pulse processing and shaping --Linear and logic pulse functions --Multichannel pulse analysis --Miscellaneous detector types --Background and detector shielding