1 Semester

5 Hours per week

Hawthorn

HET182 and HET124

Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Sciences) .

Aims & Objectives:

Students will be introduced to a number of spectroscopic techniques with an emphasis on Nuclear techniques and instrumentation, and interactions of electromagnetic radiation with matter. The subject has a large practical component where students will gain knowledge and experience in techniques used daily in industry, medicine, laser optics and materials analysis.

Teaching Methods:

Lectures and Practicals.

Assessment:

Assignments, Examinations, Practicals

Generic Skills Outcomes:

Graduates are capable in their chosen professional areas.
Graduates operate effectively in work and community situations.
Graduates are adaptable and manage change.
Graduates are aware of environments.

Content:

Nucleonics:
* Theory.
* Historical perspectives.
* Safety.
* Background to practicals.
* Detector technology.
Applications:
* Medicine (including PET, radiotherapy, X-rays, radiotherapy).
* Material science.
* Silicone manufacture.
* Accelerators.
* Reactors.
* Domestic applications (including smoke detectors).
* Radiation doses.
Spectroscopy:
* Effects of oscillating fields on materials.
* Absorption, dispersion.
* Scattering and reflection of radiation.
* Molecular rotation and vibration.
* Electron interactions.
* Optical activity.
* X-rays.
* Lasers.
* Mossbauer.
Seven practicals:
* Beta particle absorption.
* Factors affecting radiation measurement.
* Gamma ray spectroscopy.
* High purity germanium detectors.
* Neutron activation analysis.
* Silicon surface barrier detector.
* Time coincidence measurements.

Reading Materials:

AN34 ORTEC Practical Manual.
Enge, H.A., & Redwine, R.P., Introduction to Nuclear Physics, 2nd Ed., Addison-Wesley, 1999.
Halliday, D., Resnick, R., Walker, J., Fundamentals of Physics, 6th Ed., Wiley, 2003.