Detector Systems and Data Acquisition

Course guarantor:

Michal Broz

Lecturer:

Michal Broz

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Physics

Synopsis:

The goal of the lecture is to present knowledge of modern detector systems. We will concentrate on the aspects of

construction and usage for charged-particle tracking, momentum and energy measurement as well as particle identification via various methods from time-of-flight to transition radiation. The lecture will cover also the topic of signal shaping and processing, digitalization, data acquisition and further data processing at the modern collider experiments.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Track reconstruction and momentum measurement – Magnet systems, Kalman filter

2. Charged particle identification – Time-of-flight, ionization measurements, Cherenkov radiation, transition

radiation

3. Calorimeters – Electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters, zero-degree calorimeters

4. Electronics and signal processing – Amplitude and time to digital converters, signal shaping

5. Trigger and data acquisition

6. Neutrino detectors

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] G. F. Knoll, Radiation detection and measurement, John Willey and Sons, 2010

[2] W.R. Leo - Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1987

Recommended references:

[3] S. Tavernier, Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics, Springer-Verlag, 2010

[4] S. N. Ahmed, Physics and Engineering of Radiation Detection, Elsevier, 2015

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Jaderná a částicová fyzika (compulsory course in the program)