physics618
Physics of Particle Detectors - physics618 Course Physics of Particle Detectors Course No. physics618 Category Type Language Teaching hours CP Semester Elective Lecture with exercises English 3+1 6 WT Requirements: Preparation: Useful: physik510 Form of Testing and Examination: Requirements for the examination (written or oral): successful work with the exercises Length of Course: 1 semester Aims of the Course: Understanding the basics of the physics of particle detectors, their operation and readout Contents of the Course: Physics of detectors and detection mechanisms, interactions of charged particles and photons with matter, ionization detectors, drift and diffusion, gas filled wire chambers, proportional and drift chambers, semiconductor detectors, microstrip detectors, pixel detectors, radiation damage, cerenkov detectors, transition radiation detectors, scintillation detectors (anorganic crystals and plastic scintillators), electromagnetic calorimeters, hadron calorimeters, readout techniques, VLSI readout and noise Recommended Literature: Wermes: Skriptum and web-based Teaching Module ...