Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Author |
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1 Low Energy Particle Accelerators and Laboratories |
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1.2 Electrostatic Accelerators |
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1.2.1 Cockcroft-Walton and Other DC Accelerators |
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1.2.2 Accelerator-Based X-Ray Sources |
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1.2.3 Van de Graaff Accelerator - Single Stage Machine |
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10 | (3) |
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1.2.3.1 Tandem Accelerator |
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1.5 Electron Machine: Betatron |
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1.6 Some Examples of Laboratories |
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1.6.1 T.W. Bonner Laboratories, Rice University, Houston, Texas (1953-1994) |
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1.6.3 iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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1.6.4 Accelerators in Europe (EU) |
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1.6.5 Accelerators in the UK |
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1.6.6 Accelerators in Asia Pacific Region |
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1.6.7 Examples of Transfers |
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1.6.7.1 Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA → Institute Ruder Boskovic, Zagreb, Croatia (personal point of view) |
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1.6.7.2 Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA → UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico |
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1.6.7.3 EN Tandem from Canberra, Australia to Gracefield, New Zealand |
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1.7 Accelerator Manufacturers |
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1.7.1 National Electrostatic Corporation |
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1.7.2 PMB - Alcen, France |
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1.7.3 High Voltage Engineering Corp., USA (1946-2005) |
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1.7.4 High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V. |
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1.7.6 AccSys Technology - A Hitachi Subsidiary |
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88 | (5) |
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93 | (2) |
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2 Medical and Biological Applications of Low Energy Accelerators |
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2.2 Radioisotope Production |
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2.3 Positron Emission Tomography |
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2.5.1 Prostate Brachytherapy |
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2.5.2 Brachytherapy to the Cervix, Womb or Vagina |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (9) |
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2.7 Equipment Manufacturers |
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2.7.1 Varian, A Siemens Healthineers Company |
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2.7.2 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
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2.7.5 Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd (SHI), Japan |
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128 | (3) |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (11) |
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2.10.1 PIXE Analysis of Biological Material |
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140 | (2) |
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2.10.2 AMS Analysis of Biological Material |
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144 | (4) |
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3 Ion Beam Analysis: Analytical Applications |
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149 | (5) |
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154 | (2) |
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3.3 Proton Induced X-Ray Emission |
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3.3.1 PIXE/RBS/PIGE Scattering Chamber |
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3.4 Proton-Induced Gamma-Ray Emission |
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3.5 Nuclear Reaction Analysis |
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3.5.12 Concentration Profile Measurements |
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3.6 Rutherford Backscattering |
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182 | (6) |
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188 | (3) |
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3.8 Microprobe Techniques |
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191 | (3) |
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3.9 Scanning Transmission Ion Microscopy, STIM |
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194 | (2) |
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3.10 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry |
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3.10.1 Experimental Arrangements |
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3.10.2 AMS and Cosmocronology |
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3.10.3 AMS in Geophysics, Geology and Mineralogy |
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3.11 QA/QC Procedures: Reference Materials |
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213 | (8) |
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4 Industrial Applications |
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4.2 Radiation Processing by Electron Beams |
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4.2.1 Electron Beam Modification of Semiconductor Devices |
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4.2.2 Applications to Coal Burning Power Stations |
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4.2.2.1 Cleaning Flue Gases by Election Beams |
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4.2.2.2 PIXE and PIGE Applications to Coal Burning Power Stations |
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4.2.4 Radiation Sterilization |
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4.3 Electron Beam Welding |
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4.6 Ion Beam Modification of Materials |
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4.7 Ion Beam Analysis of Materials |
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4.8 Micromechanical Manufacture |
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261 | (2) |
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4.9 Cluster Ion Beams and Applications |
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263 | (4) |
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4.10 Thin Layer Activation |
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267 | (3) |
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4.11 PET Applications in Industry |
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4.12 Accelerators in Automobile Industry |
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274 | (6) |
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280 | (3) |
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5 Miscellaneous Applications |
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283 | (1) |
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5.2 Accelerator Applications in Security |
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284 | (1) |
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5.3.1 Detection of Explosives |
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5.4 Nuclear Monitoring and Safeguard Activity |
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5.4.1 Neutron Radiography |
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307 | (5) |
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5.6 Environment Protection |
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5.6.1 Radiation Treatment of Wastewater, Ballast Tank Waters and Sediments |
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314 | (3) |
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5.6.2 Radiation Processing of Sewage Sludge |
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317 | (2) |
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5.7 Neutral Particle Beams |
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6.2 Accelerator-Driven Systems |
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333 | (8) |
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6.3.1 Single Event Upsets in Logic and Memory Devices |
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6.3.2 Effects of Single Ions on Living Cells |
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345 | (3) |
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6.5 New Developments in Medicine |
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348 | (2) |
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6.6 Tabletop Particle Accelerators: Laser-Plasma Accelerators |
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350 | (2) |
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6.7 Autonomous Particle Accelerators |
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6.8.1 Diamond Field-Emitter Array (DFEA) |
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References |
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Index |
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