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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 22.51 (Spring 2003) 
  • Course Title:
  • Interaction of Radiation with Matter 
  • Course Level:
  • Graduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Nuclear Science and Engineering 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. Sow-Hsin Chen 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 22.51 Interaction of Radiation with Matter



    Spring 2003




    Course Highlights


    This course includes a full set of assignments as well as sample exams.


    Course Description


    Basic principles of interaction of electromagnetic radiation, thermal neutrons, and charged particles with matter. Introduces classical electrodynamics, quantum theory of radiation, time-dependent perturbation theory, transition probabilities and cross sections describing interaction of various radiations with atomic systems. Applications include theory of nuclear magnetic resonance; Rayleigh, Raman, and Compton scattering; photoelectric effect; and use of thermal neutron scattering as a tool in condensed matter research.
     

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