Student Manual | In this experiment students work with radioactive sources and radiation detection apparatus. They perform quantitative measurements of the properties of these sources. |
Software Code | Absorption |
Sample Results | Experimentally achieved histogram overlaid with the Poisson distribution for the gamma source |
Experiment Code | 1.10 |
Version | 3rd November 2015,2015-v3 |
Further Readings and References
- RadioactivityModern physics, Thomson Learning, Inc., Serway, Mosses and Moyer, 479, (2005).
- Example taken from Boas’s bookMathematical methods in the physical sciences, M. L. Boas, 729, .
- RadioactivityIntermediate atomic and nuclear physics, St. Martin's Press. New York, A. W. Harrison, 116, (1966).
- Radioactive decayConcepts of Modern Physics, McGraw-Hill companies, Arthur Beiser, 419, (2003).
- About the Poisson DistributionStatistics methods and applications, Dr. M. Afza Beg, 198, .
Pictorial Procedure