SUBJECT
Title
Experimental methods in particle physics
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2
Recommended in
Semester 2
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
The importance and types of particle accelerators. Large accelerators currently in operation and planned. The principles of particle detection: types of detectors, particle momentum, mass, spin, lifetime, magnetic moment measurements. Various distributions, Dalitz plot. The use of computers in experimental particle physics.
Readings
recommended readings:
- D.H. Perkins: Introduction to High Energy Physics (Addison-Wesley 1987),
- R.N. Cahn, G. Goldhaber: Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics (Cambridge University Press 1989)