Microdosimetry and Its Applications is an advanced textbook presenting the fundamental concepts and numerical aspects of the absorption of energy by matter exposed to ionizing radiation. It is the only comprehensive work on the subject that can be considered definitive. It provides a deeper understanding of the initial phase of the interaction of ionizing radiation with matter, especially biological matter, and its consequences.

I Introduction

I.1 The Role of Microdosimetry
I.2 The Transfer of Energy from Ionizing Radiation to Matter
I.3 Stochastic Quantities
I.4 Spatial Aspects of Microdosimetry
I.5 Temporal Aspects of Microdosimetry
II Microdosimetric Quantities and their Moments
II 1 Definitions
II.2 Microdosimetric Distributions and their Moments
II.3 Representations of Microdosimetric Distributions
II.4 Experimental versus Calculated Microdosimetric Distributions
III Interactions of Particles with Matter
III.1 Overview
III.2 Quantities and Terms Relating to the Interaction Between Projectiles and Targets
III.3 Kinematics of the Scattering Process
III.4 Sources of Charged Particles
III.5 Microscopic Description of the Electromagnetic Interaction of Charged Particles with Matter
III.6 The Interaction of Charged Particles with Bulk Matter
III.7 Appendix: Formal Treatment of the Interaction of Charged Particles with Matter
IV Experimental Microdosimetry
IV.I The Site Concept
IV.2 Fluctuations in Regional Microdosimetry
IV.3 Measurements in Regional Microdosimetry
IV.4 Measured Distributions of Lineal Energy
IV.5 Measurement of Distributions of Specific Energy
IV.6 Measurement of LET Distributions
IV.7 Appendix: The V Effect
V Theoretical Microdosimetry
V.1 A Diversion in Geometric Probability
V.2 Monte Carlo Simulation of Charged-Particle Tracks
V.3 Calculation of Microdosimetric Spectra
V.4 Methods for Obtaining Proximity Functions
V.5 The Informational Content of the Moments of the Microdosimetric Distributions
V.6 Appendix: The Maximum Entropy Principle
VI Applications of Microdosimetry in Biology
VI.1 Radiobiology
V1.2 Radiotherapy
VI.3 Radiation Protection
VII Other Applications
VII.1 Microdosimetry and Radiation Chemistry
VII.2 Radiation Effects on Microelectronics
VII.3 Microdosimetry and Thermoluminescence
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