Radiation sources for engineering and medicine. 2. rev. and enl. ed.

The book on radiation sources for engineering and medicine includes the following issues: Part I: Particle accelerators: review on radiation sources; fundamentals on particle accelerators and radiation optics; electron an ion sources, the X-ray tube; DC accelerators; high-frequency generators; hollow wave guides and cavity resonators; linear accelerators; medical electron linear accelerators; ring accelerators; synchrotron radiation and storage rings. Part II: Nuclear reactors and neutron sources: nuclear reactors; neutron sources and their applications. Part III: Radionuclides and their application: radionuclide production; radionuclides in medicine; cobalt radiation facilities for medicine; afterloading facilities for medicine; technical applications for radionuclides. Part IV: Attachments: tables; literature.