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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: MacDonald, Carolyn,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 36 color illus. 215 line illus. 5 tables.

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

Table of 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