2026 Detectors for Radiation and Particle Physics

Lectures

Monday, 4. DS (13h00-14h30), even calendar weeks, ASB/328

Friday, 3. DS (11h10-12h40),  ASB/328

Tutorials

Monday, 4. DS (13h00-13h30), odd calendar weeks, ASB/328

Lecturers

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

Tutorials

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

First lecture: April 13

First tutorial: April 20

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
  
• Applications of particle and radiation detectors