Introduction to experimental particle physics /
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| Author / Creator: | Fernow, Richard C. (Richard Clinton), 1947- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986. |
| Description: | x, 421 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/733002 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. Particle physics
- 1.2. Particles and interactions
- 1.3. Relativistic kinematics
- 1.4. Summary of particle properties
- 1.5. Scattering
- 1.6. Particle physics experiments
- 1.7. Data analysis
- 2. Electromagnetic interactions
- 2.1. Energy loss in matter
- 2.2. Quantum treatment of the energy loss
- 2.3. Fluctuations in energy loss
- 2.4. Energy loss of electrons and positrons
- 2.5. Interactions of photons
- 2.6. Elastic scattering
- 2.7. Multiple scattering
- 2.8. Other electromagnetic effects
- 3. Nuclear interactions
- 3.1. Strong interactions
- 3.2. Weak interactions
- 4. Particle beams
- 4.1. Particle accelerators
- 4.2. Secondary beams
- 4.3. Beam transport
- 4.4. Flux monitors
- 4.5. Other particle sources
- 4.6. Radiation protection
- 5. Targets
- 5.1. Standard targets
- 5.2. Special purpose targets
- 6. Fast electronics
- 6.1. Fast pulse instrumentation
- 6.2. Discriminators
- 6.3. Coincidence units
- 6.4. CAMAC standard
- 6.5. Other fast pulse devices
- 6.6. Signal cables
- 7. Scintillation counters
- 7.1. The scintillation process
- 7.2. Light collection
- 7.3. Photomultiplier tubes
- 7.4. Performance
- 7.5. Timing applications
- 8. Cerenkov counters
- 8.1. The Cerenkov effect
- 8.2. Photon yield
- 8.3. Gas radiators
- 8.4. Threshold counters
- 8.5. Differential counters
- 8.6. Total absorption counters
- 9. Proportional chambers
- 9.1. Elements of a proportional chamber
- 9.2. Fundamental processes in gases
- 9.3. Proportional chamber gases
- 9.4. Multiwire proportional chambers
- 9.5. Readout electronics
- 10. Drift chambers
- 10.1. Properties of drift chamber gases
- 10.2. Construction
- 10.3. Readout electronics
- 10.4. Performance
- 10.5. Particle identification
- 11. Sampling calorimeters
- 11.1. Electromagnetic showers
- 11.2. Electromagnetic shower detectors
- 11.3. Hadronic shower detectors
- 11.4. Neutral particle detectors
- 12. Specialized detectors
- 12.1. Bubble chambers
- 12.2. Emulsions
- 12.3. Spark chambers
- 12.4. Streamer chambers
- 12.5. Transition radiation detectors
- 12.6. Short summary of some other detectors
- 13. Triggers
- 13.1. General considerations
- 13.2. Identified particle triggers
- 13.3. Deposited energy triggers
- 13.4. Higher level triggering
- 14. Detector systems
- 14.1. Magnetic spectrometers
- 14.2. Design considerations
- 14.3. Fixed target spectrometers
- 14.4. Colliding beam spectrometers
- 14.5. Nucleon decay spectrometers
- 14.6. Data acquisition
- 15. Some fundamental measurements
- 15.1. Particle properties
- 15.2. Total cross section
- 15.3. Elastic scattering
- 15.4. Polarization experiments
- 15.5. New particle searches
- Appendix A. Physical constants
- Appendix B. Periodic table of the elements
- Appendix C. Probability and statistics
- Appendix D. Cross sections and probability
- Appendix E. Two-body scattering in the LAB frame
- Appendix F. Motion of ions in a combined electric and magnetic field
- Appendix G. Properties of structural materials
- Author index
- Subject index
