<P>This volume presents a thorough introduction to the theory and operation of drift chambers, one of the most important modern methods of elementary particle detection. The topics, presented in a text-book style with many illustrations, include the basics of gas ionization, electronic drift and sig
Particle detection with drift chambers
β Scribed by Walter Blum, Werner Riegler, Luigi Rolandi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 464
- Series
- Particle Acceleration and Detection
- Edition
- 2ed.
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This second edition is a thoroughly revised, updated and expanded version of a classic text, with lots of new material on electronic signal creation, amplification and shaping. ItΠ²Πβ’s still a thorough general introduction, too, to the theory and operation of drift chambers. The topics discussed include the basics of gas ionization, electronic drift and signal creation and discuss in depth the fundamental limits of accuracy and the issue of particle identification.
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