
INDEX
Absorption coefficients (see Attenuation
coefficients)
Accuracy, 3, 5
Activation analysis:
charged particle reactions, 526
counting the sample, 531
interference reactions, 536
neutron reactions, 525
neutron sources, 529
photon sources, 529
photonuclear reactions, 527
sample irradiation, 530
sample preparation, 526
sensitivity, 534
standard error, 532
Activation equation, 481
Activator, 212
Activity, 105
minimum detectable, 71
specific, 105
ALARA,
567,583
Alpha, 90
detector, long-range, 204
range, 134
a
particle (see Alpha)
Amplifier, 14, 343
coarse gain,
16
fine gain, 16
nonlinearity, 343, 344
Analog-to-digital converter
(ADC),
308,345, 348
nonlinearity, 346, 347
Annihilation, 102
gammas, 157
Annual limit of intake
(ALI),
569
Anticoincidence, 331
Antineutrino,
86,
98
Antiparticle, 102
Arithmetic mean, 31, 33
standard error, 50
Atomic mass unit, 87
Atomic number, 86
effective, 131, 139, 147
Atoms, 83
radius, 83
energy levels, 84
Attenuation coefficient:
beta, 142
gamma, 158, 159
gamma, for compounds, 160
Average, 31
binding energy per nucleon, 90
cross section, 173
lifetime of nucleus, 105
of a function, 31
Background radiation, 541, 570
Barn, definition, 167
Bateman equation, 107
Beta particle, 98, 99
average energy, 100
mass absorption coefficient, 142
BF,
counter, 469
BF, sensitivity, 472
Binding energy, 87
of proton, 89
of neutron, 89
of alpha, 90
average per nucleon, 90