Chapter 1. Radioactivity and Our Well-Being
- 1.1. Human Health
- 1.2. Biological Research
- 1.3. Food and Agriculture
- 1.4. Water Resources
- 1.5. Marine Resources
- 1.6. Radiation Technology
- 1.7. Nuclear Power
- 1.8. Summary
Chapter 2. Basic Concepts and Definitions
- 2.1. Properties of Atomic Constituents
- 2.2. Nuclide Nomenclature
- 2.3. Mass and Energy
- 2.4. Q Value
- 2.5. Naturally Occurring Radionuclides
- 2.6. Artificially Produced Radionuclides
Chapter 3. Hall of Fame: Part I
- Democritus (c.460–C.370BC)
- Wilhelm C. Röntgen (1845–1923)
- Ivan Pavlovich Puluj (a.k.a. Johann Puluj 1845–1918)
- Henri Becquerel (1852–1908)
- Pierre Curie (1859–1906) and Marie Curie (1867–1934)
- Paul Villard (1860–1934)
- Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937)
- Johannes “Hans” Geiger (1882–1945)
- Hendrick A. Lorentz (1853–1928)
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879)
- Pieter Zeeman (1865–1943)
- Jean B. Perrin (1870–1942)
- Joseph John Thomson (1856–1940)
- Hantaro Nagaoka (1865–1950)
- Philipp Lenard (1862–1947)
Chapter 4. Alpha Radiation
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Decay Energy
- 4.3. Alpha Decay-Energy and Half-Life Relationship
- 4.4. Alpha Particle Interactions With Matter
- 4.5. Alpha Particle Ranges
Chapter 5. Hall of Fame: Part II
- Frederick Soddy (1877–1956)
- C.T.R. Wilson (1869–1959)
- Frédéric Joliet (1900–1958) and Irène Joliet-Curie (1897–1956)
- Enrico Fermi (1901–1954)
- Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958)
- Frederick Reines (1918–1998) and Clyde L. Cowan, Jr. (1919–1974)
- Otto Stern (1888–1969)
Chapter 6. Beta Radiation and Beta Decay
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Negatron (β−) Emission
- 6.3. Positron (β+) Emission
- 6.4. Electron Capture
- 6.5. Branching β−, β+, and EC Decay
- 6.6. Double-Beta (ββ) Decay
- 6.7. Beta Particle Interactions With Matter
- 6.8. Beta Particle Absorption and Transmission
- 6.9. Stopping Power and Linear Energy Transfer
Chapter 7. Hall of Fame: Part III
- Max Planck (1858–1947)
- Louis de Broglie (1892–1987)
- Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
- Arthur H. Compton (1892–1962)
- Wu Youxun (1897–1977)
- Yoshio Nishina (1890–1951)
- Max von Laue (1879–1960)
- Sir William Henry Bragg (1862–1942) and Sir William Lawrence Bragg (1890–1971)
- Rosalind Franklin (1920–1958)
- Henry G.J. Moseley (1887–1915)
- Charles Glover Barkla (1877–1944)
- Manne Siegbahn (1886–1978)
- Robert A. Millikan (1868–1953) and Harvey Fletcher (1884–1981)
- Homi J. Bhabha (1909–1966)
Chapter 8. Electromagnetic Radiation: Photons
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Dual Nature: Wave and Particle
- 8.3. Gamma Radiation
- 8.4. Annihilation Radiation
- 8.5. Cherenkov Radiation
- 8.6. X-Radiation
- 8.7. Synchrotron Radiation
- 8.8. Interaction of Electromagnetic Radiation With Matter
Chapter 9. Hall of Fame: Part IV
- James Chadwick (1891–1974)
- Lise Meitner (1878–1968) and Otto Hahn (1879–1968)
- Leo Szilard (1898–1964)
- Joseph Rotblat (1908–2005)
- The Russell–Einstein Manifesto, London, July 9, 1955
- Edward Teller (1908–2003)
Chapter 10. Neutron Radiation
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Neutron Classification
- 10.3. Neutron Sources
- 10.4. Interactions of Neutrons with Matter
- 10.5. Neutron Attenuation and Cross-Sections
- 10.6. Neutron Decay
Chapter 11. Hall of Fame: Part V
- Niels Bohr (1885–1962)
- Gustav Hertz (1887–1975) and James Franck (1882–1964)
- The Franck Report, June 11, 1945, James Franck (Chairman)
- The Franck–Hertz Experiment
- Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976), Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961), Max Born (1882–1970), and Paul A.M. Dirac (1902–1984)
- Clinton Davisson (1881–1958) and George Paget Thomson (1892–1975)
- Pierre Victor Auger (1899–1993)
Chapter 12. Atomic Electron Radiation
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Internal Conversion Electrons
- 12.3. Auger Electrons
Chapter 13. Hall of Fame: Part VI
- Victor F. Hess (1883–1964)
- Carl D. Anderson (1905–1991)
- Patrick M.S. Blackett (1897–1974)
- Hideki Yukawa (1907–1981)
- Cecil F. Powell (1903–1969)
- Emilio Segrè (1905–1989) and Owen Chamberlain (1920–2006)
- Donald A. Glaser (1926–2013)
- Manuel Sandoval Vallarta (1899–1977)
Chapter 14. Cosmic Radiation
- 14.1. Introduction
- 14.2. Classification and Properties
- 14.3. Showers of Cosmic Radiation
- 14.4. Cosmic Rays Underground
- 14.5. Origins of Cosmic Radiation
- 14.6. Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation and the Big-Bang Theory
- 14.7. Radiation Dose from Cosmic Radiation and Other Sources
Chapter 15. Hall of Fame: Part VII
- Sergei Ivanovich Vavilov (1891–1951)
- Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (1904–1990)
- Il'ja Mikhailovich Frank (1908–1990) and Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (1895–1971)
Chapter 16. Cherenkov Radiation
- 16.1. Introduction
- 16.2. Theory and Properties
- 16.3. Cherenkov Photons from Gamma-Ray Interactions
- 16.4. Particle Identification
- 16.5. Neutrino Detection and Measurement
- 16.6. Applications in Radionuclide Analysis
Chapter 17. Hall of Fame: Part VIII
- Ernest Lawrence (1901–1958)
- John D. Cockcroft (1897–1967) and Ernest T.S. Walton (1903–1995)
- Hans A. Bethe (1906–2005)
- Willard F. Libby (1908–1980)
- Edwin M. McMillan (1907–1991)
- Glenn T. Seaborg (1912–1999)
Chapter 18. Radionuclide Decay, Radioactivity Units, and Radionuclide Mass
- 18.1. Introduction
- 18.2. Half-Life
- 18.3. General Decay Equations
- 18.4. Secular Equilibrium
- 18.5. Transient Equilibrium
- 18.6. No Equilibrium
- 18.7. More Complex Decay Schemes
- 18.8. Radioactivity Units and Radionuclide Mass
Chapter 19. Hall of Fame: Part IX
- Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906–1972) and J. Hans D. Jensen (1907–1973)
- Eugene P. Wigner (1902–1995)
- Chen-Ning Yang (1922–), Tsung-Dao Lee (1926−), and Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997)
- Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898–1988)
- Richard P. Feynman (1918–1988)
Chapter 20. The Atomic Nucleus
- 20.1. Introduction
- 20.2. Nuclear Radius and Density
- 20.3. Nuclear Forces
- 20.4. Binding Energy
- 20.5. Nuclear Models
- 20.6. Superheavy Nuclei
- 20.7. Cluster Radioactivity
- 20.8. Proton and Neutron Radioactivity
- 20.9. Nuclear Decay Modes
- 20.10. Nuclear Reactions
- 20.11. Radioactive Nuclear Recoil
Chapter 21. Hall of Fame: Part X
- Luis W. Alvarez (1911–1988)
- Murray Gell-Mann (1929–)
- George Zweig (1937–)
- Oscar Wallace Greenberg (1932–), Moo-Young Han (1934–), and Harald Fritzsch (1943–)
- Jerome I. Friedman (1930–), Henry W. Kendall (1926–1999), and Richard E. Taylor (1929–)
- Sheldon L. Glashow (1932–), Abdus Salam (1926–1996), and Steven Weinberg (1933–), Gerardus ‘T Hooft (1946–) and Martinus J.G. Veltman (1931–), and Carlo Rubbia (1934–) and Simon van der Meer (1925–2011)
- Yoichiro Nambu (1921–), Makoto Kobayashi (1944–), and Toshihide Maskawa (1940–)
- François Englert (1932–) and Peter W. Higgs (1929–)
- Serge Haroche (1944–) and David J. Wineland (1944–)
Chapter 22. The Atom as We Know and Use It
- 22.1. Introduction
- 22.2. From Democritus' “Atomos” to Quarks and Gluons
- 22.3. The Particle Zoo
- 22.4. Images of the Atom
- 22.5. The Atom in Our Future