Andreas Streun: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2016 |
| Name | Herr Dr. Andreas Streun |
| Adresse | Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) WBGB/129 5232 Villigen PSI SWITZERLAND |
| Telefon | 056 310 36 88 |
| Fax | 056 310 31 51 |
| Departement | Physik |
| Beziehung | Dozent |
| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402-0725-00L | Experimental Methods and Instruments of Particle Physics  | 6 KP | 3V + 1U | U. Langenegger, M. Dittmar, A. Streun, Uni-Dozierende | |
| Kurzbeschreibung | Physics and design of particle accelerators. Basics and concepts of particle detectors. Track- and vertex-detectors, calorimetry, particle identification. Special applications like Cherenkov detectors, air showers, direct detection of dark matter. Simulation methods, readout electronics, trigger and data acquisition. Examples of key experiments. | ||||
| Lernziel | Acquire an in-depth understanding and overview of the essential elements of experimental methods in particle physics, including accelerators and experiments. | ||||
| Inhalt | 1. Examples of modern experiments 2. Basics: Bethe-Bloch, radiation length, nucl. interaction length, fixed-target vs. collider, principles of measurements: energy- and momentum-conservation, etc 3. Physics and layout of accelerators 4. Charged particle tracking and vertexing 5. Calorimetry 6. Particle identification 7. Analysis methods: invariant and missing mass, jet algorithms, b-tagging 8. Special detectors: extended airshower detectors and cryogenic detectors 9. MC simulations (GEANT), trigger, readout, electronics | ||||
| Skript | Slides are handed out regularly, see http://www.physik.uzh.ch/en/teaching/PHY461/HS2016.html | ||||