Postgraduate Course: Detectors in Particle & Nuclear Physics (PGPH11104)
Course Outline
| School | School of Physics and Astronomy |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course provides an introduction to experimental methods and detectors used in current particle and nuclear physics experiments. It is part of a suite of specialist courses for the MSc programme in Particle & Nuclear Physics. |
| Course description |
This course will give a comprehensive view of the techniques and technologies used in building detectors for particle and nuclear physics experiments. There will be a short introduction to accelerators. The interactions of charged articles and photons with matter are discussed. Examples of gaseous, liquid and solid state tracking detectors, calorimeters, and Cherenkov detectors are presented. The methods used for particle identification and the triggering of interesting events are discussed. The limiting effects of radiation damage and high event rates are explored. These building blocks are then combined into modern layouts of experiments at the Large Hadron Collider and other current facilities for particle and nuclear physics. This will include examples of large underground detectors for neutrino and astroparticle physics. Practical laboratory sessions will give students experience with state-of-the-art photon detectors and silicon strip detectors.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 18 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 9,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
55 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
50% continuous assessment of tutorial work.
50% laboratory project report. |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of core concepts in physics to understand the design of detectors for particle and nuclear physics.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the design of current experiments, and of the frontiers of detector technology.
- Test and understand the properties of detectors in a laboratory environment.
- Locate and make use of detailed information on current detectors in the primary research literature.
- Summarise current thinking on detector design in a variety of written and oral forms, both alone and in collaboration with others.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Detectors Particle Nuclear Physics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Yanyan Gao
Tel:
Email: yanyan.gao@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Alicja Ross
Tel: (0131 6)51 3448
Email: Ala.Ross@ed.ac.uk |
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