Green D. The Physics of Particle Detectors

Cambridge University Press, 2005. — 376 pp. — (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology). — ISBN: 9780521675680.Here is a comprehensive introduction to the physical principles and design of particle detectors, covering all major detector types in use today. After discussing the size and energy scales involved in different physical processes, the book considers nondestructive methods, including the photoelectric effect, photomultipliers, scintillators, Cerenkov and transition radiation, scattering and ionization, and the use of magnetic fields in drift and wire chambers. A complete chapter is devoted to silicon detectors. In the final part of the book, Green discusses destructive measurement techniques. Throughout, he emphasizes the physical principles underlying detection and shows, through appropriate examples, how those principles are best utilized in real detectors. Exercises and detailed further reading lists are included.Comprehensive - covers all major detectors in use today
Contains many numerical examples
Includes exercises and detailed further reading listsTable of ContentsSize, energy, cross section
Non-Destructive Measurements:
Time and Velocity:
The photoelectric effect, photomultipliers, scintillators
Cerenkov radiation
Transition radiation
Scattering and Ionization:
Elastic EM scattering
Ionization
Position and Momentum:
Magnetic fields
Drift and diffusion in materials, wire chambers
SI detectors
Destructive Measurements:
Radiation:
Radiation and photon scattering
Energy Measurements:
EM Calorimetry
Hadronic calorimetry
The Complete Set of Measurements:
13. Summary