Unit PARTICLE DETECTORS
- Course
- Physics
- Study-unit Code
- GP005515
- Location
- PERUGIA
- Curriculum
- Fisica delle particelle elementari
- Teacher
- Emanuele Fiandrini
- Teachers
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- Emanuele Fiandrini
- Hours
- 42 ore - Emanuele Fiandrini
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2017
- Offered
- 2017/18
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- FIS/04
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- italian
- Contents
- introduction
• Overview of particle accelerators and beams extracted
• Interaction of particles with matter
• Particle Detectors - Reference texts
- C. Grupen,ParticleDetectors, Cambridge University Press, 1996
•R. Fernow, Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics,Cambridge University Press, 1992
•W.R.Leo,Tecniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments,Springer Verlang, 1994 - Educational objectives
- Comprehension of basic principles of interaction of radiation with matter and particle detectors. Knowledge of the main types of detectors and their applications to particle physiscs and astrophysics.
- Prerequisites
- General Physics, electromagnetism, special relativity, notions of atomic, nuclear and particle physics.
- Teaching methods
- frontal lessons, seminars from experts on experimental apparatus
- Other information
- none
- Learning verification modality
- oral exam with a seminar on a real experiment
- Extended program
- Introduction
• Overview of particle accelerators and beams extracted
• Interaction of particles with matter
-Loss of energy by ionization
-Multiple Scattering
-radiation length
electromagnetic showers
Transition Radiation and Cerenkov radiation
• Particle Detectors
Position and tracking Detectors: gas and silicon
-Organic and inorganic scintillators, photomultipliers, scintillating fibers
-Calorimetry: homogeneous and sampling calorimeters.
-Identification of particles: measurements of dE / dx, time of flight, Cerenkov detectors, transition radiation detectors.