{"id":19,"date":"2020-03-06T03:29:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T03:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2020-03-18T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:58:09","slug":"alpha-particle-spectroscopy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/npl-home\/spectroscopy\/alpha-particle-spectroscopy\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Particle Spectroscopy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Author: Tim<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2497.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2497.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1978\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2497.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2497-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2497-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2497-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2497-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tim&#8217;s alpha and gamma ray spectrometer systems. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3497-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3497-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1151\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3497-rotated.jpg 3024w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3497-1875x2500.jpg 1875w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3497-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3497-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3497-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3497-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tim carefully holding a Silicon Surface Barrier Detector.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3505-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3505-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1152\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3505-rotated.jpg 3024w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3505-1875x2500.jpg 1875w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3505-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3505-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3505-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3505-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The installed SSBD installed in the vacuum chamber, considerably smaller but higher resolution.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3514.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1153\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3514.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3514-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3514-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3514-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3514-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The alpha spectrometer hardware all fits neatly in a single wide NIM module.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3507.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1154\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3507.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3507-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3507-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3507-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3507-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><figcaption>Alpha spectra of a front plated Th-230 calibration source.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alpha particles are high energy Helium nuclei ejected from an atom during radioactive decay. The energy of these alpha particles varies depending on the nuclei which underwent decay. Alpha Spectroscopy is the act of measuring these energies, and using them to determine what underwent decay, or as evidence another reaction took place. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1382,"parent":17,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced-sidebar-menu\/link-title":"","advanced-sidebar-menu\/exclude-page":false},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2154,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/2154"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}