Advanced Technology And Particle Physics

Author : M Barone,E Borchi,J Huston,C Leroy,P G Rancoita,P Riboni,R Ruchti
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814487351

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Advanced Technology and Particle Physics by M Barone,E Borchi,J Huston,C Leroy,P G Rancoita,P Riboni,R Ruchti Pdf

This book features up-to-date technology applications to radiation detection. It synthesises several techniques of and approaches to radiation detection, covering a wide range of applications and addressing a large audience of experts and students. Many of the talks are in fact reviews of particular topics often not covered in standard books and other conferences, for instance, the medical physics section. To present these medical physics talks is crucial, since a large fraction of the community in medical physics are from the particle physics community. The same feature is true for astroparticle and space physics, which are relatively new fields. This book is unique in its scope. Except for IEEE, there is no other conference in the world that presents such a wide coverage of advanced technology applied to particle physics. However, unlike IEEE, more room is made in the book for reviews and general talks. Contents:Space and Astroparticle Physics ExperimentsSilicon TrackerMedium and High Energy Physics ExperimentsCalorimetryRadiotherapy and Medical ImagingTechnology Transfer and EducationParticle IdentificationNew DetectorsCrystal DetectorsRadiation Damage Readership: Graduate students and researchers in accelerator physics/experimental physics, astronomy, cosmology, computational physics, high energy physics and medical physics. Keywords:Silicon Tracker;Calorimetry;Radiotheraphy;Particle Identification;Crystal Detectors

Author : Frank Hartmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540250944

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Evolution of Silicon Sensor Technology in Particle Physics by Frank Hartmann Pdf

In the post era of the Z and W discovery, after the observation of Jets at UA1 and UA2 at CERN, John Ellis visioned at a HEP conference at Lake Tahoe, California in 1983 “To proceed with high energy particle physics, one has to tag the avour of the quarks!” This statement re ects the need for a highly precise tracking device, being able to resolve secondary and tertiary vertices within high-particle densities. Since the d- tance between the primary interaction point and the secondary vertex is proportional tothelifetimeoftheparticipatingparticle,itisanexcellentquantitytoidentifypar- cle avour in a very fast and precise way. In colliding beam experiments this method was applied especially to tag the presence of b quarks within particle jets. It was rst introduced in the DELPHI experiment at LEP but soon followed by all collider - periments to date. The long expected t quark discovery was possible mainly with the help of the CDF silicon vertex tracker, providing the b quark information. In the beginning of the 21st century the new LHC experiments are beginning to take 2 shape. CMS with its 206m of silicon area is perfectly suited to cope with the high luminosity environment. Even larger detectors are envisioned for the far future, like the SiLC project for the International Linear Collider. Silicon sensors matured from small 1in. single-sided devices to large 6in. double-sided, double metal detectors and to 6in. single-sided radiation hard sensors.

Author : Emilio Borchi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Particles (Nuclear physics)
ISBN : UOM:39015021991255

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Advanced Technology and Particle Physics by Emilio Borchi Pdf

Author : Maura Barone
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 9812381805

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Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advanced Technology & Particle Physics by Maura Barone Pdf

This book features up-to-date technology applications to radiation detection. It synthesises several techniques of and approaches to radiation detection, covering a wide range of applications and addressing a large audience of experts and students. Many of the talks are in fact reviews of particular topics often not covered in standard books and other conferences, for instance, the medical physics section. To present these medical physics talks is crucial, since a large fraction of the community in medical physics are from the particle physics community. The same feature is true for astroparticle and space physics, which are relatively new fields. This book is unique in its scope. Except for IEEE, there is no other conference in the world that presents such a wide coverage of advanced technology applied to particle physics. However, unlike IEEE, more room is made in the book for reviews and general talks.

Author : Christian W Fabjan,Thomas Taylor,Daniel Treille,Horst Wenninger
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814749152

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Technology Meets Research - 60 Years Of Cern Technology: Selected Highlights by Christian W Fabjan,Thomas Taylor,Daniel Treille,Horst Wenninger Pdf

'The contributions from leading scientists of the day collected in this relatively slim book document CERN's 60-year voyage of innovation and discovery, the repercussions of which vindicate the vision of those who drove the foundation of the laboratory — European in constitution, but global in impact. The spirit of inclusive collaboration, which was a key element of the original vision for the laboratory, together with the aim of technical innovation and scientific excellence, are reflected in each of the articles in this unique volume.'CERN Courier'Big' science and advanced technology are known to cross-fertilize. This book emphasizes the interplay between particle physics and technology at CERN that has led to breakthroughs in both research and technology over the laboratory's first 60 years. The innovations, often the work of individuals or by small teams, are illustrated with highlights describing selected technologies from the domains of accelerators and detectors. The book also presents the framework and conditions prevailing at CERN that enabled spectacular advances in technology and contributed to propel the European organization into the league of leading research laboratories in the world.While the book is specifically aimed at providing information for the technically interested general public, more expert readers may also appreciate the broad variety of subjects presented. Ample references are given for those who wish to further explore a given topic.

Author : Oleg Boyarkin
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781439804186

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Advanced Particle Physics Volume I by Oleg Boyarkin Pdf

Helping readers understand the complicated laws of nature, Advanced Particle Physics Volume I: Particles, Fields, and Quantum Electrodynamics explains the calculations, experimental procedures, and measuring methods of particle physics. It also describes modern physics devices, including accelerators, elementary particle detectors, and neutrino telescopes. The book first introduces the mathematical basis of modern quantum field theory. It presents the most pertinent information on group theory, proves Noether’s theorem, and determines the major motion integrals connected with both space and internal symmetry. The second part on fundamental interactions and their unifications discusses the main theoretical preconditions and experiments that allow for matter structure to be established at the quark-lepton level. In the third part, the author investigates the secondary quantized theories of free fields with spin 0, 1/2, and 1, with particular emphasis on the neutrino field. The final part focuses on quantum electrodynamics, the first successfully operating quantum field theory. Along with different renormalization schemes of quantum field theory, the author covers the calculation methods for polarized and unpolarized particles, with and without inclusion of radiative corrections. Each part in this volume contains problems to help readers master the calculation techniques and generalize the results obtained. To improve understanding of the computation procedures in quantum field theory, the majority of the calculations have been performed without dropping complex intermediate steps.

Author : P. L. RIBONI,M. Barone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nuclear counters
ISBN : 981277646X

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Advanced Technology and Particle Physics by P. L. RIBONI,M. Barone Pdf

This book features up-to-date technology applications to radiation detection. It synthesises several techniques of and approaches to radiation detection, covering a wide range of applications and addressing a large audience of experts and students. Many of the talks are in fact reviews of particular topics often not covered in standard books and other conferences, for instance, the medical physics section. To present these medical physics talks is crucial, since a large fraction of the community in medical physics are from the particle physics community. The same feature is true for astroparti.

Author : Emilio Borchi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Calorimetry
ISBN : UOM:39015043410839

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Advanced Technology and Particle Physics by Emilio Borchi Pdf

Author : Fayyazuddin,Riazuddin
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813105515

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Modern Introduction To Particle Physics, A (2nd Edition) by Fayyazuddin,Riazuddin Pdf

The progress made in particle physics during the last two decades has led to the formulation of the so-called Standard Model of elementary particles and its quantitative experimental test. This book presents that progress, and also includes chapters which provide background on modern particle physics.Particle physics forms an essential part of the physics curriculum. This is a comprehensive book incorporating all the topics for a unified treatment of particle physics. It provides good reference material for researchers in both theoretical and experimental particle physics. It is designed as a semester course for senior undergraduates and for graduate students. Formal quantum field theory is not used. A knowledge of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics is required for some parts of the book, but for the remaining parts familiarity with the Dirac equation and Feynman rules is essential. However, some of these topics are included in an appendix.In this second edition, many chapters (e.g. on electroweak unification) have been revised to bring them up to date. In particular, the chapters on neutrino physics, particle mixing and CP violation, and weak decays of heavy flavors have been rewritten incorporating new material and new data. The heavy quark effective theory has been included.

Author : T. William Donnelly,Joseph A. Formaggio,Barry R. Holstein,Richard G. Milner,Bernd Surrow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521765114

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Foundations of Nuclear and Particle Physics by T. William Donnelly,Joseph A. Formaggio,Barry R. Holstein,Richard G. Milner,Bernd Surrow Pdf

This textbook brings together nuclear and particle physics, balancing theoretical and experimental perspectives for graduates and upper undergraduates.

Author : Fayyazuddin,Riazuddin
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Science
ISBN : 9810210728

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A Modern Introduction to Particle Physics by Fayyazuddin,Riazuddin Pdf

Most of the progress made in particle physics during the last two decades has to led to the formulation of the so called ?Standard Model? of elementary particles and its quantitative experimental test. The book deals with this progress but includes chapters which provide the necessary background material to modern particle physics.Particle physics forms an essential part of physics curriculum. This is a textbook but will also be useful for people working in this field and for nuclear physicists, particularly those who work on topics concerning interface between nuclear and particle physics. The book is designed for a semester course for senior undergraduates and a semester course for graduate students. Formal quantum field theory is not used; a knowledge of non-relativistic quantum mechanics is required for some parts of the book; but for the remaining parts the familiarity with the Dirac equation is essential. However, some of these topics are included in the appendix.

Author : Frank Hartmann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319644363

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Evolution of Silicon Sensor Technology in Particle Physics by Frank Hartmann Pdf

This informative monograph describes the technological evolution of silicon detectors and their impact on high energy particle physics. The author here marshals his own first-hand experience in the development and also the realization of the DELPHI, CDF II and the CMS tracking detector. The basic principles of small strip- and pixel-detectors are presented and also the final large-scale applications. The Evolution of Silicon Detector Technology acquaints readers with the manifold challenges involving the design of sensors and pushing this technology to the limits. The expert will find critical information that is so far only available in various slide presentation scattered over the world wide web. This practical introduction of silicon sensor technology and its day to day life in the lab also offers many examples to illustrate problems and their solutions over several detector generations. The new edition gives a detailed overview of the silicon sensor technology used at the LHC, from basic principles to actual implementation to lessons learned.

Author : Wolfgang Demtröder
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030583132

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Nuclear and Particle Physics by Wolfgang Demtröder Pdf

This introduction to nuclear physics and particle physics provides an accessible and clear treatment of the fundamentals. Starting with the structure of nuclei and explaining instability of nuclei, this textbook enables the reader to understand all basics in nuclear physics. The text is written from the experimental physics point of view, giving numerous real-life examples and applications of nuclear forces in modern technology. This highly motivating presentation deepens the reader's knowledge in a very accessible way. The second part of the text gives a concise introduction to elementary particle physics, again together with applications and instrumentation. Nuclear fusion, fission, radionuclides in medicine and particle accelerators are amongst the many examples explained in detail. Numerous problems with solutions are perfect for self-study.

Author : Claude Leroy
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789814307529

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Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications by Claude Leroy Pdf

Beam test results with a highly granular Analog Hadron Calorimeter Prototype (AHCAL) / S. Morozov -- Validation of the hadronic calibration of the ATLAS calorimeter with test beam data corresponding to the pseudorapidity range 2.5

Author : Christopher G. Tully
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691131160

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Elementary Particle Physics in a Nutshell by Christopher G. Tully Pdf

The new experiments underway at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland may significantly change our understanding of elementary particle physics and, indeed, the universe. Suitable for first-year graduate students and advanced undergraduates, this textbook provides an introduction to the field