1. Edition - December 2009
199.- Euro
2009. XX, 767 Pages, Hardcover
518 Fig. (18 Colored Fig.)
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-40714-6
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-40714-9 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin






Content

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Short description
This detailed and complete reference is written by two internationally renowned researchers and clearly divided into three parts. After the basic principles, the second part describes experiments, while the final section covers technology and applications.

From the contents

Part 1 PRINCIPLES
1. The Spallation Process
2. The Intra-Nuclear Cascade Models
3. Evaporation and High Energy Fission
4. The Particle Transport in Matter
5. Particle Transport Simulation Code Systems
6. Materials Damage by High Energy Neutrons and Charged Particles
7. Shielding Issues
8. The Basic Parameters of Spallation Neutron Sources

Part 2 EXPERIMENTS
9. Why Spallation Physics Experiments ?
10. Proton-Nucleus Induced Secondary Particle Production ? The `Thin? Target Experiments
11. Proton-Matter Induced Secondary Particle Production ? The `Thick? Target Experiments
12. Neutron Production by proton, antiproton, deuteron, pion, and kaon Projectiles
13. Experiments to Study the Performance of Spallation Neutron Sources
14. Experiments on Radiation Damage in a Spallation Environment
15. Experiments to Shield High Energy Neutrons of Spallation Sources

Part 3 TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
16. Proton Drivers for Particle Production
17. The Accelerator based Neutron Spallation Sources
18. Target Engineering
19. Research with Neutrons
20. Accelerator Transmutation of Nuclear Waste ? ATW
21. Accelerator Production of Electrical Energy ? Energy Amplifying
22. Advanced Applications of Spallation Physics
23. Space Missions and Radiation in Space

APPENDIX
A. Values of Fundamental Physical Constants and Relations
B. Basic Definitions in Nuclear Technology Concerning the Fuel Cycle
C. Material Properties of Structure and Target Materials
D. Moderator and Reflector Materials
E. Shielding Materials

Bibliography

Index