PHYS 690B : Experimental
Techniques in High Energy Physics
Fall 2006
Dr. Pushpalatha Bhat
Class Schedule:
Saturdays 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
FW227, Faraday West, NIU, DeKalb
Course Outline:
- Overview
- Physics of Particle Detection
- Interaction of Particles with matter
- Detection Mechanisms
- Detector Technologies
- Charged Particle Tracking
- Gaseous Detectors
- Semiconductor Detectors
- Particle Idenitfication
- Case Studies of HEP Collider Detectors
- Triggers and Data Acquistion
- Event Reconstruction
- Data Analysis and Statistics
Lecture Notes:
Lecture 1 , Lecture 2,
Lecture 4, Lecture 5,
Lecture 6, Lecture 7,Lecture 8, Lecture 9,
Recommended
Reference Books:
Introduction to Experimental Particle
Physics, R.C. Fernow (Cambridge U Press ,1986)
The Physics of Particle Detectors,
D. Green (Cambridge U Press, 2000)
Particle Detectors, K. Grupen (Cambridge.U.Press)
Detectors for Particle Radiation, K.
Kleinknecht (Cambridge.U.Press, 1990)
Data Analysis Techniques for High Energy
Physics, R. Fruhwirth et al, (Cambridge U Press , 2000, II Edition)
Web Resources:
The
Particle Detector BriefBook
The
Data Analysis BriefBook