| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 651 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ; 26
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Cambridge monographs on particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology ; 26.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 588-590) and index. |
| Contents |
Interactions of particles and radiation with matter -- Characteristic properties of detectors -- Units of radiation measurements and radiation sources -- Accelerators -- Main physical phenomena used for particle detection and basic counter types -- Historical track detectors -- Track detectors -- Calorimetry -- Particle identification -- Neutrino detectors -- Momentum measurement and muon detection -- Ageing and radiation effects -- Example of a general-purpose detector : Belle -- Electronics -- Data analysis -- Applications of particle detectors outside particle physics. |
| Summary |
Reference on particle detectors for graduate students and researchers in particle physics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nuclear counters.
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Nuclear counters. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Shwartz, Boris A.
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Spieler, Helmuth.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Grupen, Claus. Particle detectors. 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521840064 0521840066 (DLC) 2007036197 (OCoLC)168721194 |
| ISBN |
9780511388668 (electronic book) |
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0511388667 (electronic book) |
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9780511380037 |
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0511380038 |
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