Radiation Detection and Measurement

Detection, measurement, and gravitational radiation.

The optimum design, construction, and use of the LIGO, VIRGO, or LAGOS gravitational radiation detectors depends upon accurate calculations of their sensitivity to different sources of radiation. Here I examine how to determine the sensitivity of these instruments to sources of gravitational radiation by considering the process by which data are analyzed in a noisy detector. The problem of dete...

Radiation Components and Their Measurement

In the previous section we studied the geometry of what is called the direct beam component of the radiation, i.e. that component of the solar irradiance that reaches the collector directly from the sun's apparent position in the sky. But this does not represent all the radiation that reaches the surface. There is also a diffuse component that comes from other parts of the sky after multiple sc...

Measurement of Radiation

Plasma is one of the most researched fields. Its use as a sterilizer is being rapidly explored. Thus, in this process it has become necessary to understand the effect of UV radiation produced due to plasma. The goal for our project is to measure the levels of ultraviolet radiation plasma creates and then compare the result with the safety standards of UV radiation individuals can be exposed to....

Measurement of Radiation

The various fluxes of radiation to and from the Earth’s surface are among the most important variables in the heat economy of the Earth as a whole and at any individual place at the Earth’s surface or in the atmosphere. Radiation measurements are used for the following purposes: (a) To study the transformation of energy within the Earth-atmosphere system and its variation in time and space; (b)...

Optical Radiation Measurement