Experimental High Energy Physics

Syllabus

1. Interactions of Particles and Radiation with Matter (chp_01)
2. Basic Principles of Electronics (chp_02)
3. Data Analysis (chp_04)
4. Statistics (chp_05)
5. Particle Identification (chp_06)
6. Accelerators for Particle Physics (chp_07)
7. Tracking Detectors (chp_12)
8. Calorimeters (chp_20)
9. Muon Spectrometers (chp_19)
10. Gaseous Detectors (chp_11)
11. Photon Detectors (chp_13)
12. Scintillation Counters (chp_15)
13. Semiconductor Counters (chp_16)
14. New Solid State Detectors (chp_21)
15. Astrophysics and Space Instrumentation (chp_23)
16. Radiation-Based Medical Imaging (chp_35)

Bibliography

Main Reference

1. Handbook of Particle Detection and Imaging, Editors: Claus Grupen and Irène Buvat (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2012) - Table of Contents

Complementary Readings

1. Advanced Instrumentation, Editor: Archana Sharma, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A666 (2012)
2. R. Fruhwirth, M. Regler, R. K. Bock, H. Grote, D. Notz, Data Analysis Techniques for High-Energy Physics (Cambridge University Press, 2000)
3. W. R. Leo, Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments (Springer-Verlag, 1994)
4. R. C. Fernow, Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press, 1989)
5. T. Ferbel, Experimental Techniques in High Energy Physics (Frontiers in Physics - Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1987)
6. G. Cowan, Statistical Data Analysis (Oxford University Press, 1998)
7. L. Lyons, Statistics for Nuclear and Particle Physicists (Cambridge University Press, 1989)
8. R. N. Cahn, G. Goldhaber The Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press)
9. Review of Particle Properties, K.A. Olive et al. (Particle Data Group), Chin. Phys. C, 38, 090001 (2014).
   • Passage of particles through matter
10. Proceedings of the CAS-CERN Accelerator School on Free Electron Lasers and Energy Recovery Linacs

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