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This handbook covers the fundamental principles of interactions of particles with matter and of most types of detectors used in many fields of physics, starting from particle physics, nuclear physics up to recent experiments for solid state physics.
In this second edition chapters are updated to include the most recent developments in detector physics and additional chapters on new types of detectors, like silicon photomultipliers, have been added. In addition the section about medical applications has been extended. All major detector types are described in detail by leading experts in these fields. It also gives deep insight into many applications from homeland security over radiation protection to a whole section about medical physics with strong emphasis on nuclear medicine. The book is suited to achieve a deep knowledge in the field of detector physics and imaging. It can also be used as a reference book to look up the working principles of a given detector type and to get an overview of state-of-the-art applications of the various detector types. It is also helpful for practitioners in nuclear medicine and radiology as it summarizes all detector types in this field and the basic working principles of these detectors. The area of radiation therapy is also covered in detail taking into account the most recent developments.Ivor Fleck has worked at many of the large facilities for particle physics, namely DESY, CERN, KEK and Fermilab. He started working on detectors for particle physics during his PhD on the construction and installation of the ZEUS experiment at DESY. He was awarded a JSPS scholarship to continue his work at the University of Tokyo and was selected as a CERN Fellow afterwards to work on the OPAL experiment. As a next step he went to the University of Freiburg, where he received his habilitation and has been working on the construction of the calibration system for the muon detector of the ATLAS experiment. He was appointed as Professor of Physics in the year 2005. In the year 2008 he received the teaching award of the Faculty of Physics. His current projects in detector development are a time projection chamber for a future linear collider and recently he started a project on medical imaging.
Currently he is associate Dean for Research of the School of Science and Technology at University of Siegen and Founding Chairman of the Center for Particle Physics Siegen.
Claus Grupen is a retired professor of Universit舩 Siegen. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Kiel, Germany. In 1196 he got the degree of a high school teacher, in 1970 the Ph.D. in physics with research work on 'Electromagnetic Interactions of Cosmic Ray Muons', University of Kiel. In 1971/1972 he was a Visiting Fellow of the Royal Society of England, University of Durham and had there a cooperation with Sir Arnold Wolfendale (later Astronomer Royal) on cosmic ray physics. He served as spokesperson of a cosmic ray experiment (muon spectra, charge ratio and interactions of muons) at DESY, Hamburg 1972 - 1973. In 1975 he got the Habilitation at the University of Siegen in physics with a thesis on 'Electromagnetic Interactions of High Energy Cosmic Ray Muons'. Since 1975 he has the function of Radiation Officer at Siegen University and is Honorary consultant for the Siegen fire brigade in matters of 'Radiation Safetyエ. He was a member of the PLUTO-experiment at DESY working on DORIS and PETRA (1974 - 1987) on Electron-Positron Interactions. He became supernumerary professor of physics at Siegen University in 1978 and full professor at Siegen in 1981.
He was awarded the Special High Energy and Particle price for the discovery of the gluon in 1979 and 1995 (jointly with members of the JADE, Mark J, PLUTO and TASSO Collaborations).Irene Buvat got the Bachelor of Physics cum laude in 1988 "Magist鑽e Interuniversitaire de Physique", at the Ecole Normale Sup駻ieure ULM Paris, France. In 1989 she graduated in Nuclear Physics, cum laude, Paris XI University, Orsay, France. In 1992 she got the PhD in Nuclear Physics: "Scatter correction in scintigraphy" cum laude, Paris XI University, Orsay, France. In 1989-1992 she was research fellow with Robert Di Paola, U66 INSERM, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
In 1993-1994 she was a Research fellow with Andrew Todd-Pokropek, Department of Medical Physics and Bio-engineering, University College London, UK, 1995-1996 research fellow at the Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1996-2001 Research Scientist CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), INSERM Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Paris, 2002-2005 Research Scientist CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), INSERM Laboratory of Functional Imaging, Paris, Head of the "Quantitative imaging of radiotracers" research group.
She got the following awards: 2009 Rotblat medal awarded by the Editorial Board of "Physics in Medicine and Biology" for the citations prize to the authors of the original research paper that has received the most citations in the preceding five years (according to the Institute for Scientific Information). Awarded article: GATE: a simulation toolkit for PET and SPECT, Jan et al, Phys. Med. Biol. 49 4543-61, 2004. 2002: Bronze medal awarded by the CNRS for outstanding accomplishments in medical imaging.
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Read the first book and this 2nd one did not disappoint! Loved every chapter. More please!
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Received an Advanced Reader Copy from a friend. I am an avid true crime reader and upon completion I question if the author is credible. The timeline does not add up for his age and the times of his alleged involvement in organized crime. Some of the things in the book he is alleged to have said and done I remember almost word for word from movies I had previously watched. He literally stole a scene from the movie the accountant with Ben Affleck and said that he did it. I did a little research after completing the book and learned that this author was also claiming in 2010 that he was a long time member of the Bloods Gang. That coupled with the above leads me to believe that it is nothing more than fantasy. Do not waste your time or money
Like it was written by George Santos
Received an Advanced Reader Copy from a friend. I am an avid true crime reader and upon completion I question if the author is credible. The timeline does not add up for his age and the times of his alleged involvement in organized crime. Some of the things in the book he is alleged to have said and done I remember almost word for word from movies I had previously watched. He literally stole a scene from the movie the accountant with Ben Affleck and said that he did it. I did a little research after completing the book and learned that this author was also claiming in 2010 that he was a long time member of the Bloods Gang. That coupled with the above leads me to believe that it is nothing more than fantasy. Do not waste your time or money
What a difficult story to tell. I appreciate the honesty and vulnerability. Definitely made me think.
I had hopes for this book but was not expecting what I would read within the pages. If your kink is deplorable grammar, incoherent sentences, and inconsistent messages, then this book is for you. At first, I thought the book I received was not the book I ordered. But as I dived in, it was very confusing. I would not recommend this book to anyone
There are not many reviews on the internet for this book. In researching the many stores selling the book, it was self-published which makes a lot of sense. The online description is written perfectly, so reading the actual book was very difficult. Pages two and three are written clearly as well as the table of contents. Pages 155 and 156 are also written logically.
It appears this book was written, then sent through a program like “Grammarly.” Once completed it seems it was published without being re-read or edited. The first clue was the title narrative that used “Has” instead of “As.” The table of contents is one page off from what it shows on pages four though seven. Many of the “q’s” are written as “[]”
Below are some examples of what was within the pages of this book written verbatim:
“Chains & Discipline/ Domination & entry/ Sadism & Masochism (BDSM) is a wide classification of bed room play.” Page 9
“When bringing up the topic of chains, you are actually asking a person to offer you their depend on, their flexibility, and also possibly their suggestion of security in exchange for sensual/sexual enjoyment, power-play, and also feasible re-evaluation of your very own connection.” Page 39
“Techni[]ue can take a selection of kinds and also be as easy or facility as you pick to (new paragraph) bargain for your details scenario” Page 52
“BDSM stands for chains as well as entry, technique and also supremacy as well as sadism and also masochism.” Page 125
“SHELF means Risk Aware Consensual Kink.” Page 130
“Approval is whatever.” Page 152
“your twist isn’t my twist, yet your twist is OKAY.” Page 153
“You can be a top, base, or button” Page 153