The Physics of Particle Detectors


        



The Physics of Particle Detectors
Lecture & Journal Club (SS 2025)

Prof. H.-C. Schultz-Coulon
Dr. R. Stamen
Dr. F. Toschi

Kirchhoff-Institut; Wednesdays, 9:15 - 11:00
[Room: tba]

Journal Club
Fridays, 11:15 - 13:00
[Room: tba]


Klausur: 30.7., 9:00 s.t.
[Room: tba]

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Content                
The course will cover the physics of particle detectors. It will introduce the experimental techniques used in nuclear and particle physics and describe the layout and functionality of modern HEP experiments. 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. Large detector systems as used at accelerators like HERA, the LHC and the Tevatron will also be discussed.

                                                                                
Schedule
Organizational Issues We 16.04. tba
 
Introduction We 23.04. tba
Interactions of Particles with Matter I                     We 30.04. tba
Interactions of Particles with Matter II                     We 07.05. tba
Scintillation Detectors                   We 14.05. tba
Semiconductor Detectors I                   We 21.05. tba
Semiconductor Detectors II                   We 28.05. tba
Gas Detectors I                   We 04.06. tba
Gas Detectors II                   We 11.06. tba
Calorimetry I                   We 18.06. tba
Calorimetry II                   We 25.06. tba
Calorimetry III                   We 25.06. tba
Particle Identification                   We 02.07. tba
Trigger & DAQ Systems                   We 09.07. tba
Detecting Neutrals ...                   We 16.07. tba
 
Journal Club
Vorbesprechung We 16.04.  
     
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Literature
H.Kolanoski, N.Wermes: Particle Detectors, Oxford

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 (SS 2023)
The Physics of Particle Detectors (SS 2022)
The Physics of Particle Detectors (SS 2019)
Detektoren (Skript; SS 2003)

Sonstiges:
Review of Particle Physics
SLAC Online Particle Physics Information

 

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