Unit PARTICLE DETECTORS
- Course
- Physics
- Study-unit Code
- GP005515
- Curriculum
- Fisica delle particelle elementari
- Teacher
- Mauro Piccini
- Teachers
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- Mauro Piccini
- Livio Fano' (Codocenza)
- Hours
- 35 ore - Mauro Piccini
- 7 ore (Codocenza) - Livio Fano'
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2025
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Sector
- FIS/04
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- General characteristics of detectors Gas detectors Semiconductor detectors Scintillators Calorimetri Photodetectors Applications
- Reference texts
- W.R.Leo: Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments, Springer Grupen-Schwartz: Particle Detectors Cambridge University Press R. Fernow, Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics, Cambridge University Press
- Educational objectives
- Categorize and describe energy deposit processes Quantify available signal
- Prerequisites
- Elementary Particles, knowledge in nuclear and particle physics
- Teaching methods
- Frontal lessons
- Learning verification modality
- Oral exam
- Extended program
- General characteristics of detectors: linearity, efficiency, resolution and Fano factor. Gas detectors: ionization, proportional and Geiger-Muller counters, multiwire proportional, drift and time-projection chambers, micro-pattern gas detectors. Semiconductor detectors: pn junction, silicon and germanium diode detectors, silicon microstrip and pixel detectors. Scintillators: organic and inorganic scintillators, wavelength shifters and light guides. Photodetectors: photomultipliers, photodiodes and other alternatives. Applications: momentum measurement in magnetic fields, calorimetry, particle identification.