Mozumder (emeritus, Radiation Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Notre Dame) and Hatano (emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) present the latest work on phenomena of ionization and excitation induced by charged particle and photon interactions with matter in vivo and in vitro. The book encompasses radiation and photochemistry as well as radiation physics, biochemistry, and biology, and describes applications in material, environmental, space, and biological science and engineering, food processing, chemical synthesis, and medicine. Early chapters delineate fundamentals of radiation physics and radiation chemistry, and later chapters deal with specific liquid systems, LET effects, and biological and medical consequences of photon and charged-particle irradiation. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter offers in-depth perspectives on phenomena of ionization and excitation induced by charged particle and photon interactions with matter in vivo and in vitro. This reference probes concepts not only in radiation and photochemistry, but also in radiation physics, radiation biochemistry, and radiation biology as well as recent applications in medicine and material, environmental, space, and biological science and engineering. It studies reports on the interactions of high-energy photons, specifically in the vacuum ultraviolet-soft X-ray region to offer fundamental information on the primary processes of the interactions of charged particles with matter.
