Sumários
3 Dezembro 2019, 14:00
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Valentina Lozza
Configuration of an experiment:
- choice of detectors for high and low energy physics
- Measurement of momentum and its uncertainty
- Factors that determine the detector choice (energy and position resolution for example)
- Tracking and position resolution
- track finding and fitting: example of least squares
29 Novembro 2019, 08:30
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Valentina Lozza
Solved second set of exercises and discussed the pool of articles for the presentation for the 13th of December
26 Novembro 2019, 14:00
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Valentina Lozza
Particle identification:
- Time of flight method
- Cherenkov detector's method: RICH and difference
- Transition radiation method
- dE/dx
- Interval of application
22 Novembro 2019, 08:30
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Valentina Lozza
Lecture not taught due to travel plans (attendance of a conference)
19 Novembro 2019, 14:00
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Valentina Lozza
Hadronic calorimeters:
- basic principle of operation
- e/h values
- compensating calorimeters: tuning of detector materials to equalise electrons and hadron response
- energy resolution
- example of detectors
- future developments
Electronics:
- Basic electronics for the particle physics detectors: pre-amplifier, signal shaping, RC and CR circuits