The current version of our class notes/textbook is listed below chapter by chapter. We will be updating the notes somewhat throughout the quarter.

Lecture Notes:

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 : Intro to basic ideas, Nuclear terminology
Chapter 2 : Statistics of Nuclear Decay
Chapter 3 : Types of Nuclear Decays
Chapter 4 : Detection of Radiation
Chapter 5 : Data Analysis, Calibration of Equipment
Chapter 6 : Attenuation of Radiation
Chapter 7 : Dosage and Natural Radiation
Chapter 8 : Applications in Biology
Chapter 9 : Biological Effects of Radiation
Dr. Eskandari's Notes 1
Dr. Eskandari's Notes 2

Laboratory Experiments:

Experiment 1 Introduction to Geiger Counter
Experiment 2 Statistics of Nuclear Decay, Statistical Uncertainty Data from lab.
Experiment 3 Calibration of MCA, Spectrum 1 , Spectrum 2 , Spectrum 3
Experiment 4 : Natural Abundance of K40
Experiment 5 : Attenuation of Radiation, attenuation data for electrons from lecture.
Experiment 6 : Natural Radiation, Ge Detector, Information on Data files.
Experiment 7 : Liquid Scintillation Detector
Experiment 8 : Radioimmunoassay, riacal , riasamp
Experiment 9 : Transport Assay, tassay

Appendices:

Appendix 1 : Review of Exponentials and Logarithms
Appendix 2 : Review of Graphing Basics
Appendix 3 : Tables