Lectures: Thursday 8:30-10:15, Friday 8:30-10:00
, Seminarraum GMH
Exercises: Thursday: 10:15-12:00, Seminarraum GMH
Programm:
The lecture and exercise will cover the modern methods of
particle detectors. After reviewing the basics of particle
interactions with matter the main particle detectors concepts
are discussed, like Energy and momentum measurements, position
measurement and tracking, particle identifications, large
detector systems, electronics and online data reduction with
triggers. Real example will be discussed in the area of particle
physics, e.g. LHC, astroparticle physics and medical
applications.
Special emphasise is given in the exercises to get hands-on
experience and to get acquainted with modern tools of computer
simulations of particle detectors and practical applications in
the lab.
Literature:
* H. Kolanoski and N. Wermes, Teilchendetektoren:
Grundlagen und Anwendungen, Springer Verlag
* K. Kleinknecht, Detektoren für Teilchenstrahlung, Teubner
Verlag, 4. Auflage
* W.R. Leo, Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics
Experiments, Springer Verlag
* C. Grupen, Teilchendetektoren, BI Wissenschaftsverlag
| Lecture |
Date |
Topic |
Script |
| 20.10.2016 |
Content of Lecture |
pdf |
|
| 1 |
20.10.2016 |
Introduction |
pdf |
| 2 |
21.10.2016 |
Interaction of charged particles with matter |
pdf |
| 3A |
27.10.2016 |
Interaction of charged particles with matter |
pdf |
| 3B |
27.10.2016 |
Extra: Introduction to ROOT |
pdf |
| 4 |
28.10.2016 |
Interaction of neutral particles and photons with matter |
pdf |
| 5 |
03.11.2016 |
Properties of particle detectors |
pdf |
| 6 |
04.11.2016 |
Ionisation chambers, proportional detectors |
pdf |
| 7 |
10.11.2016 |
Geiger mode, streamers, cathode read out |
pdf |
| 8 |
11.11.2016 |
Drift chambers |
pdf |
| 9 |
17.11.2016 |
Micropattern and other gas detectors |
pdf |
| 10 |
18.11.2016 |
Tracking |
pdf |
| 11 |
24.11.2016 |
Silicon detectors: strip and pixel sensors, radiation damage |
pdf |
| 12 |
25.11.2016 |
Silicon detectors: radiation damage, vertexing, full systems |
pdf |
| 13 |
1.12.2016 |
Alignment |
pdf |
| 14 |
2.12.2016 |
Silicon detectors: future detectors; Photomultipliers |
pdf |
| 15 |
8.12.2016 |
Photomultipliers and Scintillators |
pdf |
| 16 |
9.12.2016 |
Electromagnetic Calorimeters |
pdf |
| 17 |
15.12.2016 and 16.12.2016 |
Hadronic Calorimeters |
pdf |
| 18 |
12.01.2017 |
Momentum measurement |
pdf |
| 19A |
13.01.2017 |
Neutrino Detectors |
pdf |
| 19B |
13.01.2017 |
Neutron Detectors |
pdf |
| 20 |
19.01.2017 |
Particle Identification 1 |
pdf |
| 21 |
20.01.2017 |
Particle Identification 2 |
pdf |
| 22 |
26.01.2017 |
Amplifiers and Discriminators |
pdf |
| 23 |
27.01.2017 |
Digitalization and Readout |
pdf |
| 24 |
02.02.2017 |
Readout and Trigger of the ATLAS experiment |
pdf |
| 25 |
03.02.2017 |
Astroparticle Physics |
pdf |
| 26 |
09.02.2017 |
Applications in Medicine |
pdf |
| 27 |
10.02.2017 |
Exam |
|
The aim of the exercises is to apply the material of
the lectures in realistic cases. Exercises will be done on paper
but also using computer tools.
For data analysis the free CERN software toot ROOT (http://root.cern.ch/ ) will be used.
Some introductory slides on ROOT have been prepared for this
class, and can be found at
this link.
The material on the slides can be integrated with a
step-by-step hands-on tutorial, available here.
It is warmly suggested to gain some familiarity with the C++
programming language. A good tutorial can be found, for
example, at
this link.
Some exercises will also be done in the laboratory.
During the exercises, the Geant4 toolkit
for detector simulation will be used. Introductory slides can
be found here.
| Exercise |
Date |
Topic |
Problem set |
Support |
Solutions |
| 1 | 28.10.2016 | Relativistic quantities and interaction with matter | Exercise 01 | |
|
| 2 | 4.11.2016 | Interaction with matter and ROOT | Exercise 02 | Student.C, Student.h | |
| 3 | 11.11.2016 | Counting rates, drift in gases | Exercise 03 | |
|
| 4 | 18.11.2016 | ROOT Histograms, acceptance simulation | Exercise 04 | MyHisto.C | Problem1.C, Problem2.C, Problem3.C |
| 5 | 25.11.2016 | Efficieny, track degradation, MC integral calculation | Exercise 05 | Problem2.C, | |
| 6 | 30.11.2016 | Silicon detectors | Exercise 06 | ||
| 7 | 7.12.2016 | PMT | Exercise 07 | ||
| 8 | 14.12.2016 | Calorimeters | Exercise 08 | ||
| 9 | 12.01.2017 | Momentum measurement | Exercise 09 | ||
| 10 | 19.01.2017 | Particle Identification | Exercise 10 | ||
| 11 | 02.02.2017 | Particle Detector | Exercise 11 |
S. Kuehn, U. Landgraf 20.10.2016