Particle Detectors – Principles and Techniques 

C. D’Ambrosio, T. Gys, C. Joram, M. Moll and L. Ropelewski           CERN – PH/DT2

The lecture series presents an overview of the physical principles and basic techniques of particle detection, applied to current and future high energy physics experiments. Illustrating examples, chosen mainly from the field of collider experiments, demonstrate the performance and limitations of the various techniques. Main topics of the series are: interaction of particles and photons with matter; particle tracking with gaseous and solid state devices, including a discussion of radiation damage and strategies for improved radiation hardness; scintillation and photon detection; electromagnetic and hadronic calorimetry; particle identification using specific energy loss dE/dx, time of flight, Cherenkov light and transition radiation.

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Lecture 1/5 Introduction - C. Joram and L. Ropelewski     pdf 

Lecture 2/5 Tracking - L. Ropelewski  and M. Moll 
                                     2a - Tracking with Gas Detectors (L.R.)    pdf
                                     2b - Tracking with Solid State Detectors (M.M.)   pdf  

Lecture 3/5 Scintillation and Photo-detection - C. D'Ambrosio and T. Gys    
                                     3a - Scintillation (C.d'A.)   pdf
                                     3b - Photo-detection (T.G.)   pdf  

Lecture 4/5 Calorimetry - C. Joram    pdf

Lecture 5/5 Particle Identification and Detector Systems - C. Joram and C. D'Ambrosio   
                                     5a - Particle Identification (C.J.)   pdf
                                     5b - Detector Systems (C.d'A)     pdf

last update 21/04/05 CJ