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The Physics of Particle Detectors (MVHE2, MVSpec)
Dozent: Silvia Masciocchi (s.masciocchi@gsi.de)
26 Teilnehmer/innen
The Physics of Particle Detectors
Lecture and Journal Club
SS 2024
Prof. Dr. Silvia Masciocchi
PD Dr. Felix Sefkow
Lectures on Mondays 11:15 - 13:00
INF227 3.402
Journal Club on Fridays 14:15 - 16:00
NEW: INF226 glass box (first floor, room K4)
Lecture
Content
Focus of the lecture is the physics and the layout of detector components used in modern particle physics experiments.
After understanding the interaction of radiation with matter, we will study how different materials and technologies are employed to measure charged and neutral particles. The working principles of gas and semiconductor detectors, of scintillators, calorimeters and other devices will be discussed. We will learn how different detectors can be employed to measure various properties of particles, such as position, momentum, energy, velocity, identity, etc. We will also see how different technologies are combined in general purpuse particle physics experiments, and how solutions are developed for specific applications.
Particle detectors enabled discoveries through decades of physics research, and they allow us to learn about the smallest, the hottest, the coldest, the most fundamental constituents of matter.
Schedule
The lectures will be held in INF 227 (KIP), room 3.402 on Mondays, 11:15 - 13:00.
| 15.04.2024 | General introduction | Slides, shared-sheet |
| 22.04.2024 | Interaction of radiation with matter - part 1 | Slides |
| 29.04.2024 | Interaction of radiation with matter - part 2 | |
| 06.05.2024 | Gas detectors - part 1 | |
| 13.05.2024 | Gas detectors - part 2 | |
| 22.05.2024 |
Semiconductor sensors - part 1 |
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| 27.05.2024 | Semiconductor sensors - part 2 | |
| 03.06.2024 | Semiconductor sensors - part 3 | |
| 10.06.2024 |
Scintillators |
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| 17.06.2024 | Light detection + Magnetic spectrometers | |
| 24.06.2024 | Electro-magnetic calorimeters | |
| 01.07.2024 | Hadron calorimeters + Trigger | |
| 08.07.2024 | Readout electronics (+ neutral particles) | |
| 15.07.2024 |
Full experiment(s) |
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| 22.07.2024 |
t.b.d. |
Journal Club
The journal club takes place in INF 226 (PI) in the Glassbox (first floor, room K4) on Fridays, 2:15-4 PM.
Schedule
| 19.04.2024 | General organization and distribution of topics | Felix, Silvia, Bogdan | |
| 26.04.2024 | Hadron therapy | Betto, Thiery, Mukherjee, Strecker | Silvia |
| 03.05.2024 | Particle identification (PID) using cluster counting | Himbert, Hoffmann, Viol, Quicker | Felix |
| 10.05.2024 | GEMs - Gas Electron Multipliers | Mukherjee, Schlotzer, Tanga, Cravan | Bogdan |
| 17.05.2024 | TPC & space charge distortions | Zhao, Quicker, Weinreich, Varma | Pascal |
| 24.05.2024 | Time of Flight (ToF) with Belle2 | Zachou, Michel, Enderich, Schwartze | Pascal |
| 31.05.2024 | Pixel sensors | Strecker, Zhao, Schlotzer, Cravan | Bogdan |
| 07.06.2024 | Tracking particles with Belle2 | Himbert, Hoffmann, Kurth, Stewing, Ludwig | Felix |
| 14.06.2024 | Fast scintillation | Zachou, Michel, Enderich, Weinreich | Bogdan |
| 21.06.2024 | Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) | Welschoff, Stewing, Rao, Ludwig | Silvia |
| 28.06.2024 | Quantum sensors - micro calorimetry with ECHO | Thiery, Muhlnikel, Ehrmaier, Haas | Pascal |
| 05.07.2024 | Liquid Nobel Calorimetry (MEG2) | Schwartze, Welschoff, Ehrmaier | Felix |
| 12.07.2024 | Particle flow calorimetry | Rao, Muhlnikel, Betto, Kurth | Felix |
| 19.07.2024 | The Analogue Hadron Calorimeter (AHCAL) of CALICE | Tanga, Viol, Varma, Haas | Felix |
Literature
H.Kolanoski, N.Wermes: Particle Detectors, Oxford. Link UB (English), Link UB (German)
K.Kleinknecht: Detectors for Particle Radiation, Cambridge
W.R.Leo: Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments, Springer
T.Ferbel, Experimental Techniques in High Energy Physics
F.Sauli, Instrumentation in High Energy Physics, World Scientific
C.W.Fabjan and J.E.Pilcher, Instrumentation in Elementary Particle Physics, World Scientific
R.Wigmans: Calorimetry: Energy Measurement in Particle Physics, Clarendon Press
W.Blum und L.Rolandi, Particle Detection with Drift Chambers, Springer
Lectures on Particle Detectors:
The Physics of Particle Detectors (SS2023)
The Physics of Particle Detectors (SS2022)
Further links:
Übungsgruppen
- Gruppe Lecture Group (Silvia Masciocchi)
25 Teilnehmer/innen
INF 227 03.402, Mo 11:15 - 13:00
