Course: Nuclear spectroscopy

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Course title Nuclear spectroscopy
Course code SLO/SZZJX
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Mašláň Miroslav, prof. RNDr. CSc.
  • Machala Libor, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Peřina Jan, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Hrabovský Miroslav, prof. RNDr. DrSc.
Course content
" Basic characteristics of output signals from detectors of radiation and particles: theoretical impuls, simulation of real signals, role of noise, amplitude, temporal and shape analysis of impulses, suppression and correction of impuls overlaps. " Principles of regisration of charged and neutral particles: Interaction of radiation with matter, Bethe-Bloch formula, ionization and braking losses, radiation length, Molier radius, nuclear interaction length. " Statistical character of measurement: binomial distribution, Gaussian distribution, Poissonian distribution, charakteristics of distribution. " Basic principles of scattering experiments, their classification, theoretical description. Scattering in energy and time domain. Examples of scattering experiments (NMR, Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, inelastic scattering). " Coincidence and anticoincidence measurements: determination of time-of-flight of a photon/particle into a detector, measurement of lifetimes and half-life decay. " Mössbauer spectroscopy: Mössbauer effect, hyperfine interactions, types of Mössbauer experiments. " Gamma-ray spectroscopy: interaction of gamma radiation with matter, spectrum of gamma radiation, application of gamma-ray spectroscopy. " Spectroscopy of electrons and positrons: interaction of light charges particles with matter, spectrum of beta radiation, application of beta-radiation spectroscopy. " Alpha decay spectroscopy and spectroscopy of heavy particles: interaction of heavy charged particles with matter, application of spectroscopy of heavy particles. " Spectroscopy of neutrons: interaction of neutrons with matter, detectors of neutrons, application of neutrons and spectroscopy of neutrons. " Neutrino: neutrino interactions, detection of neutrino. " Dosimetry: dosimetry units, biological effectiveness of radiation, radiation protection. " Synchrotron radiation and its application. Accelerator physics. " Nuclear magnetic resonance and its applications. " Measurement applications and modules for analog and digital signal processing (preamplifiers, amplifiers, shapers) and data analysis, systems for parallel and deterministics task processing. " Techniques for synchronization and initiation of measurement processes and signal generation (types of analog and digital trigger signals), manipulation with data (analysis, storage), state automat, master-slave, processing events, identification and minimization of death times of spectrocsopic systems. " Atomic and nuclear analytical methods: XRF, PIXE, XPS, neutron activation analysis, mass spectrometry.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Final exam for verification and evaluation of the level of knowledge.
Comprehension Recognize and classify the given problem. Explain the essence of the problem and data. Interpret data. Predict the behaviour of the given phenomena.
Prerequisites
Students are obliged to meet the study demands.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

To demonstrate the level of his/her knowledge.
Recommended literature


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Applied Physics (2019) Category: Physics courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer