The Physics of Particle Detectors

The course will cover the physics of particle detectors. It will introduce the fundamental concepts and the techniques used in nuclear and particle physics as well as astronomy, astroparticle physics and medical imaging. The layout and functionality of modern high energy experiments as used at accelerators like HERA, the LHC and the Tevatron will also be discussed.The lecture includes the interaction of particles with matter, scintillators and time-of-flight detectors, the principle of gas chambers, silicon detectors, modern calorimetry and detectors for particle identification.