2021 Detectors for Radiation and Particle Physics

Lectures

Monday, 5. DS (14h50-16h20), online by video conference

Wednesday, 5. DS (14h50-16h20), even calendar weeks, online by video conference

Tutorials

Wednesday, 5. DS (14h50-16h20), odd calendar weeks, online by video conference

Lecturers

Prof. Dr. A. Straessner, Dr. Th. Kormoll

Tutorials

Prof. Dr. A. Straessner, Dr. Th. Werner

Video conference links (BBB or gotomeet.me):

21-07-21 https://selfservice.zih.tu-dresden.de/l/link.php?m=100979&p=07b9a4f2

The lectures and tutorials in the first weeks of the semester will be given in an online format. To better organize ourselves, please subscribe to the tutorials and make use of the "forum".

First lecture: April 12   First tutorial: April 21

Lecture Content:

• Introduction
• Passage of particles through matter
• ionising particles
• photons, neutrons, hadrons
• Radiative transport and dosimetry
  
• Ionisation detectors
• Semiconductor detectors
• Particle tracking
• Scintillators and photo detectors
• Passive radiation detectors
• Cherenkov and transition radiation detectors
• Particle identification
• Calorimeters (electromagnetic, hadronic)
• Detector electronics and signal processing
  
• Medical applications of particle detectors