Identification of charged nuclear fragments: energy measurements and timing. Analogue and digital techniques. Examples of modern apparatuses for Nuclear Physics experiments.
- G. F. Knoll, Radiation Detection and Measurement, John Wiley & Sons
- W.R. Leo, Techniques for nuclear and particle Physics experiments, Springer-Verlag
- Scientific published papers about the described experiments.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge about the most advanced experimental methods in nuclear physics.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge about detection methods for ionizing radiation.
Courses of the three year degree in Physics and Astrophysics.
Teaching Methods
6 CFU,
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 150
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 48
Type of Assessment
Oral examination to evaluate the real understanding of the topics discussed in the course, with particular attention to the capacity of reasoning and the use of the appropriate language.
Course program
General introduction. Basic notions about ionizing radiation detectors and radiation-matter interaction. Signal formation in detectors. Identification methods for nuclear fragments. Introduction to energy measurement and the effect of electronic noise. Introduction to timing measurement and the effect of electronic noise.
A digitizer suited for nuclear detector signals. Analog and digital signals definition.
Effect of electronic noise in amplitude/energy measurements. Effects due to energy and longitudinal straggling. Amplitude measurement with digitized signals. Electronic noise and its effects.