COURSE 2-3 Radiation Physics

Course 2-3 Radiation Physics

Lectures 1-5

Kyu-Tae Kim

Kyu-Tae Kim

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Lecture 1: Radiation Characteristics


  • Ionization, excitation and transition of electrons
  • Definition of radiation
  • Characteristics of various radiations
  • Fundamentals of radiation physics
  • Radiation exposure, absorbed, equivalent and effective doses

Lecture 2: Radioactive Decay Law


  • Radioactive decay law
  • Radioactivity, half-life and decay constant
  • Natural and artificial nuclide transformation
  • Transient and secular equilibrium

Lecture 3: Interaction between photon and matter

  • Mechanisms of interaction between photon with matter
  • Linear and mass attenuation of photon intensity
  • Linear energy transfer of photon to matter 

Lecture 4: Interaction between electron and matter

  • Interaction mechanism between an incident electron and matter
  • Linear and mass stopping power for an incident electron
  • Specific ionization for an incident electron
  • Range of incident electron
  • Cherenkov effect

Lecture 5: Interaction between heavy charged particle and matter

  • Interaction mechanism between a heavy charged particle and matter
  • Linear/mass stopping power for a heavy charged particle
  • Linear energy transfer for a heavy charged particle
  • Restricted/Unrestricted Linear Collision Stopping Power
  • Specific ionization of a heavy charged particle
  • Range of a heavy charged particle

COURSE 2-3 is divided into Five(5) Lectures


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