Ionization measurements in high energy physics /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1993]
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| Edition: | Rev. and enl. English ed. |
| Series: | Springer tracts in modern physics ;
124. |
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Table of Contents:
- 0. Introduction
- 1. Ionization Effects in a Polarizable Medium. 1.1. Ionization Energy Loss by Charged Particles in a Medium. 1.2. Differential Collision Cross Section of Fast Charged Particles with Atoms. 1.3. Ionization Energy Loss. 1.4. Primary Ionization and the Number of Collisions. 1.5. Fluctuations and the Most Probable Energy Loss in Thin Samples of Matter
- 2. Physical Processes in Gas Ionization Detectors. 2.1. Ionization of Gas in a Detector. 2.2. Transport of Electrons in a Gas. 2.3. Drift and Diffusion of Ions. 2.4. Change in the Degree of Ionization Due to Drift of Electrons. 2.5. Registration of Ionization
- 3. Ionization Measurements in Proportional Detectors. 3.1. Multilayer Proportional Detectors. 3.2. Choice of Parameters of a Multilayer Proportional Detector. 3.3. Choice of Gas Mixture. 3.4. Physical Processes in a Gas and Precision of Ionization Measurements. 3.5. Changes in Signal in Proportional Detectors and Electronics. 3.6. Processing of Data in a Multilayer Ionization Detector. 3.7. Calculated and Experimental Ionization Resolutions. 3.8. Cluster Counting in a Chamber with Longitudinal Electron Drift. 3.9. Ionization Measurement in Very Thin Samples of Gas
- 4. Spatial Resolution and Electronics of Multilayer Proportional Detectors. 4.1. Spatial Resolution of Drift Chambers. 4.2. High Precision Gas Coordinate Detectors. 4.3.