Unit PARTICLE DETECTORS
- Course
- Physics
- Study-unit Code
- GP005499
- Curriculum
- Fisica medica
- Teacher
- Claudia Cecchi
- Teachers
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- Claudia Cecchi
- Hours
- 42 ore - Claudia Cecchi
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2018
- Offered
- 2018/19
- 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
- Interaction of particles in matter
General characteristics of detecto
Gas detectors
Semiconductor detectors
Scintillators
Photodetectors
Applications - Reference texts
- W.R.Leo: Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments, Springer
Grupen-Schwartz: Particle Detectors Cambridge Univerisyt Press
R. Fernow, Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics,
Cambridge University Press - Educational objectives
- Categorize and describe energy deposite processes
Quantify availabe signal - Prerequisites
- ELementary Particles, knowledge in nuclear and particle physics
- Teaching methods
- Frontal lessons
- Learning verification modality
- Oral examination
- Extended program
- Interaction of particles in matter: ionization (Bethe-Bloch formula), interaction of electrons and photons (electromagnetic showers, radiation length and critical energy).
General characteristics of detectors: linearity, efficiency, resolution and Fano factor.
Gas detectors: ionization, proportional and Geiger-Muller counters, multiwire proportional, drift and time-projection chambers, micro-pattern gas detectors.
Semiconductor detectors: pn junction, silicon and germanium diode detectors, silicon microstrip and pixel detectors.
Scintillators: organic and inorganic scintillators, wavelength shifters and light guides.
Photodetectors: photomultipliers, photodiodes and other alternatives.
Applications: momentum measurement in magnetic fields, calorimetry, particle identification.