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Particle Identification

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Handbook of Particle Detection and Imaging

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We present here the devices and techniques used to identify particles. Most detectors and detector systems are also described in other parts of this book; here we emphasize their use in the identification of particles.

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  1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Manuel Nava #6, Zona Universitaria, S.L.P. 78240, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    Jürgen Engelfried

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  1. Department of Physics, Siegen University, Emmy-Noether-Campus, Walter-Flex-Str. 3, 57072, Siegen, Germany

    Claus Grupen

  2. IMNC-UMR 8165 CNRS, Paris 7 and Paris 11 Universities, Orsay Campus, Building 440, 91406, Orsay Cedex, France

    Irène Buvat

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Engelfried, J. (2012). Particle Identification. In: Grupen, C., Buvat, I. (eds) Handbook of Particle Detection and Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13271-1_6

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