Particle Physics Instrumentation

Authors

  • W. Riegler CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5170/CERN-2015-001.235

Keywords:

Particle physics, high-energy physics, instrumentation.

Abstract

This report summarizes a series of three lectures aimed at giving an overview of basic particle detection principles, the interaction of particles with matter, the application of these principles in modern detector systems, as well techniques to read out detector signals in high-rate experiments.

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Published

2015-12-11

Issue

Vol. 1 (2015): Proceedings of the 2013 CERN–Latin-American School of High-Energy Physics

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