Physics Of Experiment Instrumentation Using Matlab Apps, The: With Companion Media Pack

by Daniel Green

Overview

Some twenty years ago the author published a book entitled The Physics of Particle Detectors. Much has evolved since that time, not in the basic physics, but in the complexity, number and versatility of the detectors commonly used in experiments, beam-lines and accelerators. Those changes have been heavily influenced by the concurrent dramatic changes in the microelectronics industry. In parallel, the use of computer-aided teaching has also greatly improved. The present volume explores the physics needed to understand the full suite of front-end devices in use today. In particular the physics explanation is made concurrently with the specific device being discussed, thus making the coupling more immediate. That study is made more interactive by using newer educational tools now available such as dynamic Matlab Apps.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811233838
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/19/2021
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

Preface v

Introduction vii

1 Getting Started with Matlab 1

1.1 Command Window 1

1.2 Editor 3

1.3 Online Resources 5

2 Basic Physics Processes 7

2.1 Physics Constants and Properties of Materials 7

2.2 Atoms 8

2.3 Nuclei 13

2.4 Motion in Electric and Magnetic Fields 16

2.5 Magnetic Lens - Quadrupole 25

2.6 Quadrupole Doublet - (x, y) Focus 28

2.7 Special Relativity 32

3 Detector and Beam Instrumentation 35

3.1 Photoelectric Effect 35

3.2 Photomultiplier Tube (PMT) and Scintillator 38

3.3 Magnetic Shielding 41

3.4 Silicon PMT 43

3.5 Time of Flight - β 45

3.6 Cerenkov Counters - β 48

3.7 Scattering 52

3.8 Ionization and Energy Loss - β 57

3.9 Transition Radiation - γ 62

3.10 Compton Scattering - γ 68

3.11 Bremsstrahlung and Pair Production - γ 72

3.12 Critical Energy and Muons - γ, β 80

3.13 Neutrino Beams and Muons 83

3.14 Electromagnetic Cascade - X₀, Λ_I 84

3.15 Drift and Diffusion - x, y 89

3.16 Detector Gas Gain 95

3.17 Solid State Detectors 101

3.18 Coaxial Cables 112

3.19 Particle Tracking - x, a, p 114

3.20 General Purpose Experiments 118

4 Accelerator Instrumentation 121

4.1 Summary of Accelerator Parameters - α, β, γ, ε 121

4.2 FODO 129

4.3 Dispersion - δ 134

4.4 Acceleration - y, Δε, ΔΦ 138

4.5 Electric Fields at β ˜ 1 145

4.6 Fourier Series and FFT 147

4.7 Induced Charge - Beam Pipe 151

4.8 Beam Position Monitor - x, y 155

4.9 Transverse Beam Position - ε, δ 157

4.10 BPM and "Accelerator" Tune - μ, Q, β 161

4.11 Quad Kick and Beta - β, σ 164

4.12 Multiturn and Phase - Q, β, a 170

4.13 External Loss Monitors 174

4.14 Beam Current Transformer 176

4.15 Beam Emittance - ε 180

4.16 Luminosity Measurement 184

4.17 Longitudinal Acceptance - δ, η 190

4.18 Strip Lines 194

4.19 Synchrotron Radiation - γ 198

4.20 Laser Backscatter - ε_o 205

4.21 Optical Transition Radiation - γ 208

5 Summary 213

Appendix A Matlab Scripts 215

Appendix B Physics Constants 229

Appendix C Properties of Elements 231

Appendix D Index of Refraction - Gases and Liquids 233

Appendix E Table of Symbols 234

Appendix F Acronyms 237

References 239

Index 243