Particle detectors /
Reference on particle detectors for graduate students and researchers in particle physics.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2008.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ;
26. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Interactions of particles and radiation with matter
- Characteristic properties of detectors
- Units of radiation measurements and radiation sources
- Accelerators
- Main physical phenomena used for particle detection and basic counter types
- Historical track detectors
- Track detectors
- Calorimetry
- Particle identification
- Neutrino detectors
- Momentum measurement and muon detection
- Ageing and radiation effects
- Example of a general-purpose detector : Belle
- Electronics
- Data analysis
- Applications of particle detectors outside particle physics.
