3 ECTS credits
90 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4016098FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.
Introduction
- Documentation
- A few words about units and physical constants
- Special relativity
- Probability and statistics
- The structure of matter at the subatomuic scale
Interactions of particles in matter
- Energy loss of charged particles
- Multiple scattering
- Cherenkov effect
- Bremsstrahlung
- Interactions of x-rays and gamma rays in matter
- Interactions of particles in matter due to the strong force
- Neutrino interactions and examples
Natural and man made sources of radiation
- Natural sources of radiation
- Units of radiation and radiation protection
- Electrostatic accelerators
- Cyclotrons
- Synchrotrons and colliders
- Linear accelerators
- Secondary beams
- Applications of accelerators
- Outlook
Detectors based in ionisation in gases
- Introduction to detectors for subatomic particles
- Ionisation and charge transport in gaseas Ionisation chambers
- Counters with gas amplification
- Applications of counters with gas amplification
- Micro-pattern gas amplification counters
Semiconductor detectors
- Introduction to semiconductors
- The semiconductor junction as a detector
- Silicon semiconductor detectors
- Germanium semiconductor detectors
- Other semiconductor detector materials.
Detectors based on scintillation
- Introduction to scintillators
- Organic scintillator
- Inorganic scintillators
- Photodetector Using scintillators in the nuclear energy range
- Applications of scintillators in high-energy physics
- Applications of scintillators in medicine
Nuclear electronics
- Introduction
- Amplifiers for nuclear electronics
- Noise
The aim of these lectures is to teach the students the physical principles of the interaction of ionising radiation and subatomic particles with matter and to introduce them to the instrumentation and methods used in the detection of subatomic particles and ionising radiation, and give an overview of accelerators.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Startplan
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Profile Radiation Physics
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Profile Biomechanics and Biomaterials
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Profile Sensors and Medical Devices
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Profile Neuro-Engineering
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Standaard traject (NIEUW)
Postgraduate Certificate Expert in Medical Physics: Standaard traject