Particle Detectors

Klappentext Particle detectors measure energies from the very low to the highest of energies observed in cosmic rays. This edition has additional chapters and discusses many detector applications. Problems with solutions have been added making for an excellent reference for graduate students and researchers in particle physics. Zusammenfassung Particle detectors measure energies from the very low to the highest of energies observed in cosmic rays. This edition has additional chapters and discusses many detector applications. Problems with solutions have been added making for an excellent reference for graduate students and researchers in particle physics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Introduction; 1. Interactions of particles and radiation with matter; 2. Characteristic properties of detectors; 3. Units of radiation measurements and radiation sources; 4. Accelerators; 5. Main physical phenomena used for particle detection and basic counter types; 6. Historical track detectors; 7. Track detectors; 8. Calorimetry; 9. Particle identification; 10. Neutrino detectors; 11. Momentum measurement and muon detection; 12. Ageing and radiation effects; 13. Example of a general-purpose detector: Belle; 14. Electronics; 15. Data analysis; 16. Applications of particle detectors outside particle physics; 17. Glossary; 18. Solutions; 19. Resume; Appendixes; Index.

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• Authors: Claus Grupen, Claus (Universitat-Gesamthochschule Siegen Grupen, Claus Shwartz Grupen, GRUPEN CLAUS SHWARTZ BORIS, Boris Shwartz, Boris (Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics Shwartz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.09.2011
• EAN: 9780521187954
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18795-4
• No. of pages: 676
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology; Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics