Particle physics reference library. Volume 2, Detectors for particles and radiation / Christian W. Fabjan, Herwig Schopper, editors.

This second open access volume of the handbook series deals with detectors, large experimental facilities and data handling, both for accelerator and non-accelerator based experiments. It also covers applications in medicine and life sciences. A joint CERN-Springer initiative, the "Particle Phy...

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Other Authors: Fabjan, C. W., Schopper, Herwig F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Open, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The Interaction of Radiation with Matter
  • Chapter 3. Scintillation Detectors for Charged Particles and Photons
  • Chapter 4. Gaseous Detectors
  • Chapter 5. Solid State Detectors
  • Chapter 6. Calorimetry
  • Chapter 7. Particle Identification: Time-of-Flight, Cherenkov and Transition Radiation Detectors
  • Chapter 8. Neutrino Detectors
  • Chapter 9. Nuclear Emulsions
  • Chapter 10. Signal Processing for Particle Detectors
  • Chapter 11. Detector Simulation
  • Chapter 12. Triggering and High-Level Data Selection
  • Chapter 13. Pattern Recognition and Reconstruction
  • Chapter 14. Distributed Computing
  • Chapter 15. Statistical Issues in Particle Physics
  • Chapter 16. Integration of Detectors Into a Large Experiment: Examples From ATLAS and CMS
  • Chapter 17. Neutrino Detectors under Water and Ice
  • Chapter 18. Space Borne Experiments
  • Chapter 19. Cryogenic Detectors
  • Chapter 20. Detectors in Medicine and Biology
  • Chapter 21. Solid State Detectors for High Radiation Environments
  • Chapter 22. Future Developments of Detectors.