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The principles of particle detectors are described in terms of the energy losses of particles travelling through a detector medium. The working of the original bubble chamber is explained as well as the functioning of its replacement – namely wire chambers, and the more modern solid-state detectors. The various different components of the major detectors currently in use at the LHC are discussed.
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This is the optical analogue of the “sonic boom” observed when an aircraft travels faster than the speed of sound.
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Belyaev, A., Ross, D. (2021). Particle Detectors. In: The Basics of Nuclear and Particle Physics. Undergraduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80116-8_14
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