University of Siena - PhD in Physics

Experimental Techniques in High Energy and Astroparticle Physics

PROGRAM of the course

P.S. Marrocchesi / Francesco Stolzi

Interaction of charged particles with matter

Momentum measurements

Tracking Detectors

Semiconductor detectors
- Principles of operation of semiconductor detectors
- Single and Double sided Microstrip Detectors
- Pixel Detectors
Emulsions
- Emulsions in the past : historical discoveries
- Emulsion plates today and automated scanning

Interaction of electrons and photons with matter

Cherenkov detectors

Cherenkov effect

Threshold Cherenkov detectors

Ring Cherenkov detectors (RICH)

DIRC e FDIRC detectors

Transition Radiation detectors

Transition radiation

Gas and solid state radiators

TR detectors as PID devices

Photon detectors

Single and multi-anode photomultipliers

Hybrid Photo Diode (HPD)

PIN diodes

Avalanche Photo Diodes (APD)

VLPC

Micro Channel Plate (MPC)

CCD and CMOS imagers

Silicon PhotoMultiplier (SiPM)

An introduction to Calorimetry

Electromagnetic showers

Hadronic showers

Electromagnetic calorimeters

Hadronic calorimeters

Selected textbooks :

G.F. Knoll, "Radiation detection and measurement", J. Wiley & Sons

P.W. Nicholson, "Nuclear Electronics", J.Wiley & Sons

A.G. Frodesen et.al. , "Probability and Statistics in Particle Physics", Universitetsforlaget, Bergen

K. Kleinknecht, "Detectors for particle radiation", Cambridge University Press

W.R. Leo, "Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments", Springer-Verlag

R. Wigmans, "Calorimetry - Energy Measurement in Particle Physics", Oxford University Press