Detectors and Principles of Particle Detection
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
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02DPD | ZK | 4 | 4+0 | Czech |
- Lecturer:
- Tutor:
- Supervisor:
- Department of Physics
- Synopsis:
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Basic physical principles used to detect elementary particles as well as usage of these principles are discussed during lectures. Also, students are familiarized with the history of the development of detectors and with the usage of detectors in current experiments of particle physics and in the industry
- Requirements:
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Knowledge of interaction of ionizing radiation with matter according to lectures 02IJZ
- Syllabus of lectures:
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1. Variables used in physics of particle detection, particle sources,
2. Detector characteristics - resolution, statistics, characteristic time, dead time, random coincidences, detection effectiveness,
3. Gas detectors - principles, ionizing chambers, proportional chambers
4. Gas detectors - Geiger-Muller a corona detectors, position sensitive gas detectors
5. Semiconductor detectors - principles, cooling
6. Semiconductor detectors - position sensitive semiconductor detectors
7. Scintilating detectors - principles, organic scintilators
8. Scintilating detectors - inorganic scintilators, light guidance
9. Photomultipliers, photodiods
10. Cherenkov detectors - principles, usage, transition radiation detectors
11. Historical detectors - cloud chambers, bubble chambers, spark chambers and streamers, nuclear emulsions, X-ray films, thermoluminiscence a photoluminiscence detectors
12. Neutron detection - slow and fast neutrons detection
- Syllabus of tutorials:
- Study Objective:
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Knowledge:
Mechanisms of detection and construction of basic particle physics detectors
Skills:
Orientation in recent concepts of basic detection systems
- Study materials:
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Key references:
[1] G.F.Knoll, Radiation detection and measurement, John Willey and Sons, 2010
Recommended references:
[2] C.Grupen, B. Shwartz, Particle detectors, Cambridge University Press, 2011
[3] C. Leroy, Principles Of Radiation Interaction In Matter And Detection, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2009
- Note:
- Time-table for winter semester 2020/2021:
- Time-table is not available yet
- Time-table for summer semester 2020/2021:
- Time-table is not available yet
- The course is a part of the following study plans:
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- BS Experimentální jaderná a částicová fyzika (compulsory course of the specialization)
- BS Fyzikální technika (compulsory course of the specialization)