formerly: Particle Detection and Data Analysis

Convenor: Dr Andrew Chisholm (Birmingham)

Module Code: PP6

Module Name: Particle Techniques

Duration (Hours): 10

Start Date and Commitments

Starts: 6/1/2025 - 10 lectures on Mon 12-13, Tue 12-13

Module Details

To provide an introduction to particle detectors and particle physics techniques.

Specialized and intended for high energy physics students.

Syllabus:

Lecture 1 - Historical Overview

Lecture 2 - Experimental Facilities at Colliders

Lecture 3 - Interactions of Charged Particles with Matter

Lecture 4 - Tracking Detector Systems

Lecture 5 - Gas-based Tracking Detectors

Lecture 6 - Semiconductor Tracking Detectors

Lecture 7 - Interactions of Electrons and Photons

Lecture 8 - Radiative and Hadronic Interactions

Lecture 9 - Calorimetry

Lecture 10 - Collider Experiments