Bibliography
Completion requirements
The course topics are distributed on many books.
Main reference:
- H. Kolanoski, N. Wermes – Particle detectors – Oxford University Press (2020)
Additional Books:
- S.N.Ahmed – Physics and Engineering of Radiation Detectors, Elsevier 2015
- W.R. Leo – Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments, Springer 1994
- G.F. Knoll – Radiation detection and measurement, Wiley 1989
- K.Kleinknecht – Detectors for Particle Radiation, Cambridge, 1998
- C.Grupen – Particle Detectors, Cambridge, 2009
- C.W.Fabjan, J.E.Pilcher – Instrumentation in elementary particle physics, World Scientific, 1988
- T.Ferbel, ed. – Experimental Techniques in High Energy Physics, World Scientific, 1991
- F.Sauli, ed. – Instrumentation in High Energy Physics, World Scientific, 1992
- H.Spieler - Semiconductor Detector Systems, Oxford UP (2005) (accessible online)
- R.Wigmans – Calorimetry: Energy Measurement in Particle Physics, Oxford Scholarship Online, 2018 (important for the Calorimetry module)
- W.Blum, W.Riegler, L.Rolandi – Particle Detection with Drift Chambers, Springer 2008
- R.K.Bock, A.Vasilescu – The Particle Detector BriefBook, Springer 1998
Online Lessons:
- E. Garutti Slides at DESY
- H.-C. Schultz-Coulon & J. Stachel Slides at Heidelberg
- H. Spieler – website on semiconductor detectors and electronics
General Reference
- Particle Data Group - The Review of Particle Physics https://pdg.lbl.gov/
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