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Experimental Details for a Typical Nuclear Physics Experiment

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This chapter gives the essence of the experimental set-up which is required for performing nuclear physics experiment that is necessary for exploring properties of the nucleus. The chapter accordingly focuses on the possible instrumentation and tools required to perform a nuclear physics experiment. The chapter gives the attention to ion sources and describes how an ion is produced and accelerated to perform a required nuclear reaction. It features all the categories and features of the accelerators. It gives the glimpse of the targets meant for the nuclear physics experiments. The chapter describes about the detection systems which are key ingredients of the nuclear physics experimental set-up as it is must to identify and study the characteristics of the final product after nuclear reaction. The chapter also highlights about the nuclear electronics, vacuum systems, Faraday cup and beam dumping and its shielding. In the end of the chapter, some standardized laboratory radioactive sources are also presented along with a schematic presentation of the experimental set-up.

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Dey, B., Bhattacharya, S. (2023). Experimental Details for a Typical Nuclear Physics Experiment. In: Deshmukh, N., Joshi, N. (eds) Understanding Nuclear Physics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8437-2_3

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