Ebook: Particle Detection with Drift Chambers
- Tags: Elementary Particles Quantum Field Theory, Measurement Science and Instrumentation
- Series: Accelerator Physics
- Year: 1993
- Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Language: English
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This volume presents a thorough introduction to the theory and operation of drift chambers, one of the most important modern methods of elementary particle detection. The topics, presented in a text-book style with many illustrations, include the basics of gas ionization, electronic drift and signal creation and discuss in depth the fundamental limits of accuracy and the issue of particle identification.
The book also surveys all types of drift chambers and the various drift-chamber gases in use. The calculation of the device parameters and physical processes are presented in some detail, as is all necessary background material. Thus the treatment, well byeond addressing the specialist in the field, is well suited to graduate physics students and nuclear engineers seeking a both thorough and pedagogical introduction to the field.
The second edition presents an thoroughly revised and updated version of this classic text and includes a new chapter on electronic amplification and signal shaping.
This volume presents a thorough introduction to the theory and operation of drift chambers, one of the most important modern methods of elementary particle detection. The topics, presented in a text-book style with many illustrations, include the basics of gas ionization, electronic drift and signal creation and discuss in depth the fundamental limits of accuracy and the issue of particle identification.
The book also surveys all types of drift chambers and the various drift-chamber gases in use. The calculation of the device parameters and physical processes are presented in some detail, as is all necessary background material. Thus the treatment, well byeond addressing the specialist in the field, is well suited to graduate physics students and nuclear engineers seeking a both thorough and pedagogical introduction to the field.
The second edition presents an thoroughly revised and updated version of this classic text and includes a new chapter on electronic amplification and signal shaping.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Gas Ionization by Charged Particles and by Laser Rays....Pages 1-49
The Drift of Electrons and Ions in Gases....Pages 50-98
Electrostatics of Wire Grids and Field Cages....Pages 99-123
Amplification of Ionization....Pages 124-154
Creation of the Signal....Pages 155-166
Coordinate Measurement and Fundamental Limits of Accuracy....Pages 167-200
Geometrical Track Parameters and Their Errors....Pages 201-223
Ion Gates....Pages 224-239
Particle Identification by Measurement of Ionization....Pages 240-269
Existing Drift Chambers — An Overview....Pages 270-319
Drift-Chamber Gases....Pages 320-344
Back Matter....Pages 345-349
This volume presents a thorough introduction to the theory and operation of drift chambers, one of the most important modern methods of elementary particle detection. The topics, presented in a text-book style with many illustrations, include the basics of gas ionization, electronic drift and signal creation and discuss in depth the fundamental limits of accuracy and the issue of particle identification.
The book also surveys all types of drift chambers and the various drift-chamber gases in use. The calculation of the device parameters and physical processes are presented in some detail, as is all necessary background material. Thus the treatment, well byeond addressing the specialist in the field, is well suited to graduate physics students and nuclear engineers seeking a both thorough and pedagogical introduction to the field.
The second edition presents an thoroughly revised and updated version of this classic text and includes a new chapter on electronic amplification and signal shaping.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Gas Ionization by Charged Particles and by Laser Rays....Pages 1-49
The Drift of Electrons and Ions in Gases....Pages 50-98
Electrostatics of Wire Grids and Field Cages....Pages 99-123
Amplification of Ionization....Pages 124-154
Creation of the Signal....Pages 155-166
Coordinate Measurement and Fundamental Limits of Accuracy....Pages 167-200
Geometrical Track Parameters and Their Errors....Pages 201-223
Ion Gates....Pages 224-239
Particle Identification by Measurement of Ionization....Pages 240-269
Existing Drift Chambers — An Overview....Pages 270-319
Drift-Chamber Gases....Pages 320-344
Back Matter....Pages 345-349
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