Charged Particle and Photon Interactions With Matter ─ Recent Advances, Applications, and Interfaces

Building on Mozumder’s and Hatano’s Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter: Chemical, Physicochemical, and Biological Consequences with Applications (CRC Press, 2004), Charged Particle and Photon Interactions with Matter: Recent Advances, Applications, and Interfaces expands upon the scientific contents of the previous volume by covering state-of-the-art advances, novel applications, and future perspectives. It focuses on relatively direct applications used mainly in radiation research fields as well as the interface between radiation research and other fields.
The book first explores the latest studies on primary processes (the physical stage), particularly on the energy deposition spectra and oscillator strength distributions of molecules interacting with charged particles and photons. Other studies discussed include the use of synchrotron radiation in W-value studies and the progress achieved with positrons and muons interacting with matter. It then introduces new theoretical studies on the physicochemical and chemical stages that describe the behavior of electrons in liquid hydrocarbons and the high-LET radiolysis of liquid water.
The book also presents new experimental research on the physicochemical and chemical stages with specific characteristics of matter or specific experimental conditions, before covering new experimental studies on the biological stage. The last set of chapters focuses on applications in health physics and cancer therapy, applications to polymers, the applications and interface formation in space science and technology, and applications for the research and development of radiation detectors, environmental conservation, plant breeding, and nuclear engineering.

Edited by preeminent scientists and with contributions from an esteemed group of international experts, this volume advances the field by offering greater insight into how charged particles and photons interact with matter. Bringing together topics across a spectrum of scientific and technological areas, it provides clear explanations of the dynamic processes involved in and applications of interface formation.

Yoshihiko Hatano is director general of the Advanced Science Research Center at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency and professor emeritus at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Dr. Hatano is the author or coauthor of more than 280 refereed journal articles, scientific papers, and books. His research interests include primary and fundamental processes in charged particle and photon interactions with matter, spectroscopy and dynamics of superexcited states in photonic or electronic collisions with molecules, electron attachment and recombination, and collisional de-excitation of excited rare gas atoms.
Yosuke Katsumura is a professor at the University of Tokyo and a group leader of Basic Radiation Research at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. Dr. Katsumura has published more than 220 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books. His recent interests include radiolysis of supercritical water, ultrafast pulse radiolysis, and heavy ion beam radiolysis of water.
Asokendu Mozumder is research professor emeritus in the Radiation Laboratory and Department of Chemistry at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Mozumder is the author or coauthor of nearly 125 articles in refereed journals. His research interests include theoretical aspects of radiation chemistry, early stages of radiolysis, theories of electron localization and trapping, and free-ion yield and mobility in liquid hydrocarbons.

Introduction, Yoshihiko Hatano, Yosuke Katsumura, and Asokendu Mozumder
Oscillator Strength Distribution of Molecules in the Gas Phase in the Vacuum Ultraviolet Range and Dynamics of Singly Inner-Valence Excited and Multiply Excited States as Superexcited States, Takeshi Odagiri and Noriyuki Kouchi
Electron Collisions with Molecules in the Gas Phase, Hiroshi Tanaka and Yukikazu Itikawa
Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory for Oscillator Strength Distribution, Kazuhiro Yabana, Yosuke Kawashita, Takashi Nakatsukasa, and Jun-Ichi Iwata
Generalized Oscillator Strength Distribution of Liquid Water, Hisashi Hayashi and Yasuo Udagawa
New Directions in W-Value Studies, Isao H. Suzuki
Positron Annihilation in Radiation Chemistry, Tetsuya Hirade
Muon Interactions with Matter, Khashayar Ghandi and Yasuhiro Miyake
Electron Localization and Trapping in Hydrocarbon Liquids, Gordon L. Hug and Asokendu Mozumder
Reactivity of Radical Cations in Nonpolar Condensed Matter, Ortwin Brede and Sergej Naumov
Radiation Chemistry and Photochemistry of Ionic Liquids, Kenji Takahashi and James F. Wishart
Time-Resolved Study on Nonhomogeneous Chemistry Induced by Ionizing Radiation with Low Linear Energy Transfer in Water and Polar Solvents at Room Temperature, Vincent De Waele, Isabelle Lampre, and Mehran Mostafavi
Radiation Chemistry of Liquid Water with Heavy Ions: Steady-State and Pulse Radiolysis Studies, Shinichi Yamashita, Mitsumasa Taguchi, Gérard Baldacchino, and Yosuke Katsumura
Radiation Chemistry of Liquid Water with Heavy Ions: Monte-Carlo Simulation Studies, Jintana Meesungnoen and Jean-Paul Jay-Gerin
Radiation Chemistry of High Temperature and Supercritical Water and Alcohols, Mingzhang Lin and Yosuke Katsumura
Radiation Chemistry of Water with Ceramic Oxides, Jay A. LaVerne
Ionization of Solute Molecules at the Liquid Water Surface, Interfaces, and Self-Assembled Systems, Akira Harata, Miki Sato, and Toshio Ishioka
Low-Energy Electron-Stimulated Reactions in Nanoscale Water Films and Water–DNA Interfaces, Gregory A. Grieves, Jason L. McLain, and Thomas M. Orlando
Physicochemical Mechanisms of Radiation-Induced DNA Damage, David Becker, Amitava Adhikary, and Michael D. Sevilla
Spectroscopic Study of Radiation-Induced DNA Lesions and Their Susceptibility to Enzymatic Repair, Akinari Yokoya, Kentaro Fujii, Naoya Shikazono, and Masatoshi Ukai
Application of Microbeams to the Study of the Biological Effects of Low Dose Irradiation, Kevin M. Prise and Giuseppe Schettino
Redox Reactions of Antioxidants: Contributions from Radiation Chemistry of Aqueous Solutions, K. Indira Priyadarsini
Computational Human Phantoms and Their Applications to Radiation Dosimetry, Kimiaki Saito
Cancer Therapy with Heavy-Ion Beams, Koji Noda and Tadashi Kamada
Nanoscale Charge Dynamics and Nanostructure Formation in Polymers, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Kazuo Kobayashi, and Seiichi Tagawa
Radiation Chemistry of Resist Materials and Processes in Lithography, Takahiro Kozawa and Seiichi Tagawa
Radiation Processing of Polymers and Its Applications, Masao Tamada and Yasunari Maekawa
UV Molecular Spectroscopy from Electron Impact for Applications to Planetary Atmospheres and Astrophysics, Joseph M. Ajello, Rao S. Mangina, and Robert R. Meier
Chemical Evolution on Interstellar Grains at Low Temperatures, Kenzo Hiraoka
Radiation Effects on Semiconductors and Polymers for Space Applications, Takeshi Ohshima, Shinobu Onoda, and Yugo Kimoto
Applications of Rare Gas Liquids to Radiation Detectors, Satoshi Suzuki and Akira Hitachi
Applications of Ionizing Radiation to Environmental Conservation, Koichi Hirota
Applications to Biotechnology: Ion-Beam Breeding of Plants, Atsushi Tanaka and Yoshihiro Hase
Radiation Chemistry in Nuclear Engineering, Junichi Takagi, Bruce J. Mincher, Makoto Yamaguchi, and Yosuke Katsumura
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