INDEX 761
photodetector, 366
PMT, 366
photodiode, 300, 403
photodiode detector, 320
photoelectric effect, 83
work function, 84
photon, 2, 31
interaction mechanisms, 82
Compton scattering, 87
pair production, 95
photoelectric effect, 83
Rayleigh scattering, 94
Thompson scattering, 94
laser, 36
passage through matter, 97
radioactive sources, 39
sources, 32
synchrotron radiation, 35
x-ray, 33
PIN diode, 298
pixel detector, 302
PMT, 366
dark current, 398
dynodes, 367, 373
efficiency, 382
electron multiplication, 373
energy resolution, 393
frequency response, 391
gain, 374, 386
in magnetic field, 403
Johnson noise, 398
noise, 396, 400
photocathode, 367
sensitivity, 384
spatial uniformity, 388
time response, 389
types, 375
uniformity, 389
voltage distribution, 379
pn junction, 284
band gap, 285
reverse biased, 286
pn-junction, 284
point source, 66
point spread function, 431
Poisson distribution, 537
pole-zero cancellation, 485
position resolution, 424
positron, 45
particle accelerator, 45
radioactive sources, 46
preamplifier, 464
charge sensitive, 468
current sensitive, 467
voltage sensitive, 465
probability, 528
bayesian, 529
frequentist, 529
joint, 534
probability density function, 529
kurtosis, 532
skewness, 532
proportional counter, 182
BF 3 , 190
avalanche multiplication, 188
avalanche region, 185
gas gain, 190
gases, 188
helium filled, 191
liquid filled, 230
multi-wire, 191
multiplication factor, 184
quenching, 189
proportional region, 162
proton, 46
laser ion accelerators, 48
particle accelerators, 47
radioactive sources, 48
range, 121
pulse counting, 717
pulse discrimination, 494
pulse pile up, 480
pulse shaping, 480
pulse undershoot, 487Q-value, 9
quantization noise, 515
quantum efficiency, 334, 382, 411, 437
quartz fiber electroscope, 647
quasielastic scattering, 703
quenching, 189, 197, 327rad, 605
radiation exposure, 604
radiation length, 70
radiation sources, 27
cosmic, 27