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1 online resource (391 pages) |
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Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author -- 1. Low Energy Particle Accelerators and Laboratories -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Electrostatic Accelerators -- 1.2.1 Cockcroft-Walton and Other DC Accelerators -- 1.2.2 Accelerator-Based X-Ray Sources -- 1.2.3 Van de Graaff Accelerator -- Single Stage Machine -- 1.2.3.1 Tandem Accelerator -- 1.2.4 Pelletron -- 1.3 The Cyclotron -- 1.4 Linear Accelerators -- 1.5 Electron Machine: Betatron -- 1.6 Some Examples of Laboratories |
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1.6.1 T.W. Bonner Laboratories, Rice University, Houston, Texas (1953-1994) -- 1.6.2 USA -- 1.6.3 iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences, Johannesburg, South Africa -- 1.6.4 Accelerators in Europe (EU) -- 1.6.5 Accelerators in the UK -- 1.6.6 Accelerators in Asia Pacific Region -- 1.6.7 Examples of Transfers -- 1.6.7.1 Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA ₂!Institute Ruder Boskovic, Zagreb, Croatia (personal point of view) -- 1.6.7.2 Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA ₂!UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico -- 1.6.7.3 EN Tandem from Canberra, Australia to Gracefield, New Zealand |
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1.6.8 Role of the IAEA -- 1.7 Accelerator Manufacturers -- 1.7.1 National Electrostatic Corporation -- 1.7.2 PMB -- Alcen, France -- 1.7.3 High Voltage Engineering Corp., USA (1946-2005) -- 1.7.4 High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V. -- 1.7.5 DANFYSIK -- 1.7.6 AccSys Technology -- A Hitachi Subsidiary -- Note -- References -- Additional reading -- 2. Medical and Biological Applications of Low Energy Accelerators -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Radioisotope Production -- 2.3 Positron Emission Tomography -- 2.4 Radiotherapy -- 2.5 Brachytherapy -- 2.5.1 Prostate Brachytherapy |
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2.5.2 Brachytherapy to the Cervix, Womb or Vagina -- 2.6 Proton Therapy -- 2.7 Equipment Manufacturers -- 2.7.1 Varian, A Siemens Healthineers Company -- 2.7.2 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries -- 2.7.3 Elekta, Sweden -- 2.7.4 IBA, Belgium -- 2.7.5 SUMITOMO Heavy Industries, Ltd (SHI), Japan -- 2.7.6 TeamBest®, USA -- 2.8 AMIT Project -- 2.9 Biomaterials -- 2.10 Trace Elements -- 2.10.1 PIXE Analysis of Biological Material -- 2.10.2 AMS Analysis of Biological Material -- 2.10.3 Live Cell Imaging -- References -- Additional reading -- 3. Ion Beam Analysis: Analytical Applications |
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3.1 Introductory Remarks -- 3.2 Ion Sources -- 3.3 Proton Induced X-Ray Emission -- 3.3.1 PIXE/RBS/PIGE Scattering Chamber -- 3.3.2 Target Preparation -- 3.4 Proton-Induced Gamma-Ray Emission -- 3.5 Nuclear Reaction Analysis -- 3.5.1 Hydrogen -- 3.5.2 Helium -- 3.5.3 Lithium -- 3.5.4 Beryllium -- 3.5.5 Boron -- 3.5.6 Carbon -- 3.5.7 Nitrogen -- 3.5.8 Oxygen -- 3.5.9 Fluorine -- 3.5.10 Other Elements -- 3.5.11 Stopping Power -- 3.5.12 Concentration Profile Measurements -- 3.6 Rutherford Backscattering -- 3.7 Channeling -- 3.8 Microprobe Techniques -- 3.9 Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy, STIM |
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3.10 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Particle accelerators.
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Particle accelerators
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000599350 |
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1000599353 |
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