PHY411 Nuclear Physics Lab (August 2020)
Geiger-Muller (GM) Counter-based experiments: To become acquainted with the operation and characteristics of the GM counter. To determine the best operating voltage and the resolving time of a GM counter. To determine the dead time of the GM counter. To investigate the Binomial, Poisson, and Gaussian probability distributions by counting radiation events with a GM counter. To study the statistical fluctuations which occur in the disintegration rate of an essentially constant radioactive source. To use a GM detector to detect the gamma ray emitted by a short-lived excited isotope of Barium.
Scintillation counter-based experiments: To study the scattering of high-energy photons by electrons. Detection of scattered photons in a scintillation counter. Measuring energies of scattered photons and recoil electrons as a function of scattering angle. Use a plastic scintillator as a target and record relative intensities of scattered photons at several scattering angles.
Recommended Reading
G. F. Knoll, Radiation detection and measurement, 03rd edition, John Wiley and Sons (1999).
William Leo, Techniques for nuclear and particle physics experiments:A how-to approach, 02nd edition, Springer Verlag (1994).
A. Melissinos, Experiments in modern physics, Academic Press (1966).
Scintillation counter-based experiments: To study the scattering of high-energy photons by electrons. Detection of scattered photons in a scintillation counter. Measuring energies of scattered photons and recoil electrons as a function of scattering angle. Use a plastic scintillator as a target and record relative intensities of scattered photons at several scattering angles.
Recommended Reading
G. F. Knoll, Radiation detection and measurement, 03rd edition, John Wiley and Sons (1999).
William Leo, Techniques for nuclear and particle physics experiments:A how-to approach, 02nd edition, Springer Verlag (1994).
A. Melissinos, Experiments in modern physics, Academic Press (1966).