Recommended Reading*

Detector Construction and Operation

• Radiation Detection and Measurement, Glenn F. Knoll, Third Edition

  Particularly Chapter 11, Semiconductor Diode Detectors and Chapter 12, Germainium Gamma-Ray Detectors, but other chapter titles include; Pulse Processing and Shaping, Multichannel Pulse Analysis, Counting Statistics and Error Prediction... Oh just buy a copy! (chapter titles based on my copy of the 2nd edition)

• EG&G Ortec GMX Detector Manual

  Technical documentation provided by the manufacturer, EG&G Ortec, for their GMX Gamma-Ray Detectors. Now available in the online documentation project, domain restricted to *.physics.fsu.edu domains. Note that one must read selectively, as this manual applies to many different types of detectors, not just the GMX models. Note also, that I was interupted during the scan, which is why page 19 is duplicated.

• Eurisys Clover Detector Manual, Volume 1, Volume 2

  Technical documentation provided by the manufacturer, Eurisys (now p/o Canberra) for their Clover Detectors. While both contain necessary information, volume 2 is perhaps more informative. Note the cool photo of the xtal!

• PHYS375 Lecture Notes

  Lecture notes from course PHYS375, "Nuclear Physics", by E. S. Paul, University of Liverpool. Has some explanation of detector construction and operation in latter third.

Experimental Technique - Vacuum Technology

Note: for a second opinion on many of the vacuum technology books see Phil Danielson's Book Reviews

• Basic Vacuum Practice

  Written with the technician in mind, this algebra-based treatise on Vacuum Technology is an easy read for students at the graduate level who just want to understand how a pump or gauge works. Clean line drawings, minimal tables, and even more minimal formulae, result in a "just-the-facts-m'am" understanding. Students wishing deeper understanding should pursue Roth, Hablanian, or O'Hanlon. This text was written by Varian Associates, a major manufacture of Vacuum Equipment. It sells for about $100 from Varian, but used copies can be had for about $20. Not available in FSU libraries. I loaned one copy to a student long ago, and have never seen it since...

• Building Scientific Apparatus

  ***Fourth Edition now available in Hard Cover*** A good overview, with more depth than the above reference, this book "is the most practical guide for working scientists and students..." Just the facts, with some of the theory. Not rigorous, but most helpfull.

• A User's Guide to Vacuum Technology, O'Hanlon, Third Edition

  A well regarded text in the field. Dirac shows two copies available for loan

• Vacuum Technology, A. Roth, Third Edition

  A well regarded text in the field. I have a copy and like it. Dirac has two copies available

• High-Vacuum Technology: A Practical Guide, Marsbed H. Hablanian, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded

  A well regarded text in the field. I've checked it out before, but don't own it. Dirac has one paper copy, but more interestingly, this is available as an e-book that may be "checked out" for 4 hour periods. An author search on "Hablanian" will turn up both copies (and no others, happily). Hablanian worked for Varian Associates for many years. I suspect the Basic Vacuum Practice listed above is a derivative work.

• Vacuum Sealing Techniques (AVS Classics in Vacuum Science and Technology) A. Roth

  Available again in paperback as part of the AVS Reprint Series, this is an exellent text for those interested in understanding some of the construction elements involved in vacuum chambers. I have this and like it. Dirac shows one copy available.

Experimental Technique - Nuclear Target Making

• Muggleton Review Article

  Written by A H F Muggleton in 1979, this review article is surprisingly current, and provides the best overview of non-esoteric target making techniques I've seen. It's the best 28 pages you'll read on the subject. Focus on the techniques. This paper shows its age when it comes to the tables - the information is still good, just not complete. This is an external link to the doi: 10.1088/0022-3735/12/9/001 and you may need to use the FSU proxy to view it if you are not on a *.fsu.edu domain IP. Just in case the link is bad, it is J. Phys. E:Sci. Instrum., Vol. 12, 1979. You may also contact me for a copy.

Experimental Technique - Electronics

• Introductory Electronics for Scientists and Engineers

  This text was used for my undergraduate digital electronics course, which Dr. Tabor taught, so I'm guessing he liked it well enough. I believe it to be well regarded, and think that it is probably a good text for those who have already covered calculous and elementary physics. I personally had issues with it, becasue I learned all of my electronics as a navy technician, and the US Navy does things the "Navy Way" - electron flow instead of charge flow, formula sheets instead of derivations, etc. I suspect one could do worse. Unless you really wish to pursue a rigorous treatment, stick with the chapter in Building Scientific Apparatus and web resources.

• The Art of Electronics

  To the best of my knowledge, this text is a well regarded treatise on the subject. I have no personal experience with it, but as I recall, several other members of the technical staff used it as an undergraduate text. Also comes with separate Student and Laboratory Manuals. (see below)

• The Art of Electronics (Student Manual with Exercises)
• Art of Electronics Laboratory Manual

Experimental Technique - General

• Building Scientific Apparatus

  ***Fourth Edition now available in Hard Cover*** A good overview of many of the different technologies that you are likely to come across in your endeavor to become an experimental nuclear physicist, including--but not limited to--Optics, Electronics, Glass-work, Vacuum-Technology, and Machine Design. If you like to touch the gear yourself, but have had no formal training, this book can save you tons of searching for answers. I wish that I had had it when I first started working here. It even has a chapter on Charged-Particle Optics!

The Physics

• PHYS490 Lecture Notes

  Lecture notes from course PHYS490, "Advanced Nuclear Physics", by E. S. Paul, University of Liverpool. Considered required reading by Dr. Mark Riley, this has little information on the technology.

• PHYS375 Lecture Notes

  Lecture notes from course PHYS375, "Nuclear Physics", by E. S. Paul, University of Liverpool. Has some explanation of detector construction and operation in latter third.

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