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Modern trends in methods of charged particle identification at high energies

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The survey is devoted to methods of charged particle identification at high energies that are based on measurements of the angle of Cherenkov radiation (ring imaging Cherenkov counters — RICH), of time of flight (TOF) and propagation (TOP), and of ionization energy loss (dE/dx). As an example, some operating spectrometers are considered (LHCb, ALICE, COMPASS, Belle, and BaBar) together with proposed ones (Belle-2 and PANDA) in which new achievements of recent years are introduced.

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Original Russian Text © Yu.N. Kharzheev, 2013, published in Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2013, Vol. 44, No. 1.

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Kharzheev, Y.N. Modern trends in methods of charged particle identification at high energies. Phys. Part. Nuclei 44, 115–157 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779613010048

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