Table of Contents:
 
Chapter I
Interaction of the Nuclear Radiation with Matter

Chapter II
Fundamental Processes in Semiconductors and Metals

Chapter III
Working Principles of Nuclear Radiation Semiconductor Detectors

Chapter IV
Characteristics of Semiconductor Detectors

Chapter V
Semiconductor Detector Types

Chapter VI
Amplification of Semiconductor Detector Electric Pulses

Chapter VII
Semiconductor Detector Associated Electronics

APPENDIX A I: Basic properties of Si and Ge

APPENDIX A II: Main natural and artificial alpha sources

APPENDIX A III: Analysis of some circuits used in charge-sensitive preamplifiers

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