X-Rays In Atomic And Nuclear Physics Book

Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition;

1. Historical introduction;
2. The continuous X-ray spectrum;
3. Characteristic X-rays;
4. Experimental techniques for the study of X-rays;
5. The absorption and scattering of X-rays;
6. X-ray production by protons, Î -particles and heavy ions;
7. X-rays in radioactive decay;
8. Some additional fields of X-ray study; Appendix

1. Range energy relations, etc., for electrons;
2. Experimentally determined mass attenuation coefficients;
3. Decay schemes of some radionuclides;
4. Absorption edges and characteristic emission energies in keV;
5. K-shell fluorescence yields; Bibliography; Index.