Experimental techniques in high energy physics / [edited by] Thomas Ferbel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferbel, Thomas.

Series:

Frontiers in physics ; no. 64.

Frontiers in physics ; no. 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particles (Nuclear physics)--Instruments--Congresses.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Particles (Nuclear physics)--Instruments.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvi, 678 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Menlo Park, Calif. : Addison Wesley, [1987]

Contents:

Particle detectors / K. Kleinknecht

Principles of operation of multiwire proportional and drift chambers / F. Sauli

High-resolution electronic particle detectors / G. Charpak and F. Sauli

Calorimetry in high-energy physics / C. Fabjan

Fluctuations in calorimetry measurements / U. Amaldi

The physics of charged identification / W.W.M. Allison and P.R.S. Wright

A two-dimensional, single-photoelectron drift detector for Cherenkov ring imaging / E. Barrelet ... [et al.]

Development of proportional counters using photosensitive gases and liquids / D.F. Anderson

Liquid-argon ionization chambers as total absorption detectors / W.J. Willis and V. Radeka

Fundamental properties of liquid argon, krypton, and xenon as radiation detector media / T. Doke

Signal, noise, and resolution in position-sensitive detectors / V. Radeka

Monte Carlo theory and practice / F. James.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0201114879

OCLC:

14188736