formerly: Particle Detection and Data Analysis

Convenor: Dr Kostas Nikolopoulos

Module Code: PP6

Module Name: Particle Detection and Data Analysis

Duration (Hours): 10

Start Date and Commitments

Starts: 8/1/2024 - 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 (preliminary):

Interaction of charged particles with matter;

Interaction of photons and electrons with matter;

Example of a gaseous detector (drift/diffusion/avalanche creation, signal formation and processing);

Statistics in Particle Physics;

The Monte-Carlo method

Resources

The lecture notes and the homework assignments can be found here.