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This is the web site for the Advanced Nuclear Science Education Laboratory courses Chm244/444 & Phy245/446. Additional pages are accessible
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Main data management for participant is maintained in a Twiki site.
Reading/Practicing
Acquire or access the ANSEL adopted Knoll Textbook.
Weeks Feb 22. Mar 1, 2026: Course lab lecture notes L-7, L-8
Reading Knoll Ch. 11 I-VI (Semiconductor Diode Detectors)
..........................Ch. 16 I-IV (Pulse processing and shaping)
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Weeks Feb 15-22, 2026: Course lab lecture notes L-5, L-6
Dowload and install on private laptops analysis software IGOR 9
Read "Guided Tour" and work examples, practice loading and displaying data with IGOR.
Reading Knoll Ch. 6 I-IV (Gas proportional counters)
..............................12. I-IV (Gamma ray spectroscopy with germanium detectors)
Reading Knoll Ch. 2. IIIA 1-3. B 1-3 (Interactions of gamma rays) ,
..............................10. I-III (Gamma ray spectroscopy)
...............................8. I-III ..(Scintillation Detectors)
...............................9. I-IV (PMTs, signal analysis)
Weeks Jan 25, Feb 12026: Course lab lecture notes: L-1, L-2
Reading Knoll Ch. 3.I-3.IV (Counting Statistics & Error Prediction) ,
.............................. 4 (General Properties of Radiation Detectors)
Reading Bevington Ch. 2 (Probability Distributions), Ch. 3 (Error Analysis)
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Weeks Jan 18, 25, 2026: Course lab lecture notes:
>>> Study UR official Radiation Safety Procedures and pass associated safety test (use links provided by the UR Radiation Safety Group), required for performing experiments with radioactive sources.
Reading Knoll Ch. 3.I-3.IV (Counting Statistics & Error Prediction) ,
.............................. 4 (General Properties of Radiation Detectors)
Reading Bevington Ch. 4 (General Properties of Radiation Detectors),
Other Assignments
Download RadiaCode software (radiacode.com) on your laptop/tablet, load and display spectrum data files generated in first experiment. Practice loading data files in Microsoft Exxcel and plot spectrum data spectra.
Download IGOR data analysis software from the TWiki site using procedure discussed in Lab Lecture 1. Practice initial tasks outlined. Study Guided Tour IGOR Pro which is available on via another page on this course web site.
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