| Preface to the second edition |
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| Preface to the first edition |
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| Introduction |
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Interactions of particles and radiation with matter |
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1 | (55) |
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Interactions of charged particles |
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2 | (29) |
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Energy loss by ionisation and excitation |
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3 | (9) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (5) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (3) |
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Direct electron-pair production |
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22 | (2) |
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Energy loss by photonuclear interactions |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (2) |
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Energy--range relations for charged particles |
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26 | (2) |
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Synchrotron-radiation losses |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (10) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (3) |
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36 | (2) |
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Total photon absorption cross section |
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38 | (3) |
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Strong interactions of hadrons |
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41 | (2) |
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Drift and diffusion in gases |
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43 | (6) |
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49 | (7) |
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51 | (5) |
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Characteristic properties of detectors |
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56 | (15) |
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Resolutions and basic statistics |
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56 | (6) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (4) |
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69 | (2) |
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69 | (2) |
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Units of radiation measurements and radiation sources |
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71 | (11) |
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Units of radiation measurement |
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71 | (5) |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (3) |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (8) |
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87 | (3) |
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88 | (2) |
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Main physical phenomena used for particle detection and basic counter types |
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90 | (70) |
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90 | (20) |
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Ionisation counters without amplification |
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90 | (7) |
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97 | (7) |
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104 | (2) |
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106 | (4) |
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Ionisation detectors with liquids |
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110 | (2) |
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Solid-state ionisation counters |
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112 | (10) |
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122 | (8) |
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Photomultipliers and photodiodes |
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130 | (12) |
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142 | (4) |
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Transition-radiation detectors (TRD) |
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146 | (4) |
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150 | (10) |
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151 | (9) |
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Historical track detectors |
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160 | (26) |
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160 | (3) |
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163 | (4) |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (3) |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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Thermoluminescence detectors |
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177 | (1) |
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Radiophotoluminescence detectors |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (6) |
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181 | (5) |
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186 | (44) |
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Multiwire proportional chambers |
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186 | (5) |
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191 | (6) |
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Cylindrical wire chambers |
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197 | (15) |
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Cylindrical proportional and drift chambers |
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198 | (7) |
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205 | (3) |
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Time-projection chambers (TPCs) |
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208 | (4) |
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Micropattern gaseous detectors |
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212 | (3) |
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Semiconductor track detectors |
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215 | (4) |
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Scintillating fibre trackers |
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219 | (3) |
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222 | (8) |
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223 | (7) |
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230 | (43) |
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Electromagnetic calorimeters |
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231 | (18) |
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Electron--photon cascades |
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231 | (7) |
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238 | (6) |
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244 | (5) |
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249 | (9) |
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Calibration and monitoring of calorimeters |
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258 | (3) |
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261 | (6) |
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267 | (6) |
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267 | (6) |
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273 | (34) |
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Charged-particle identification |
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274 | (18) |
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274 | (4) |
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Identification by ionisation losses |
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278 | (3) |
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Identification using Cherenkov radiation |
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281 | (8) |
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Transition-radiation detectors |
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289 | (3) |
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Particle identification with calorimeters |
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292 | (4) |
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296 | (5) |
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301 | (6) |
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302 | (5) |
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307 | (20) |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (1) |
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Some historical remarks on neutrino detection |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (12) |
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323 | (4) |
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324 | (3) |
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Momentum measurement and muon detection |
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327 | (19) |
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Magnetic spectrometers for fixed-target experiments |
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328 | (8) |
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Magnetic spectrometers for special applications |
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336 | (6) |
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342 | (4) |
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344 | (2) |
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Ageing and radiation effects |
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346 | (14) |
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Ageing effects in gaseous detectors |
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346 | (6) |
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Radiation hardness of scintillators |
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352 | (2) |
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Radiation hardness of Cherenkov counters |
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354 | (1) |
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Radiation hardness of silicon detectors |
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355 | (2) |
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357 | (3) |
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358 | (2) |
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Example of a general-purpose detector: Belle |
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360 | (30) |
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361 | (18) |
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The silicon vertex detector (SVD) |
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362 | (2) |
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The central drift chamber (CDC) |
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364 | (3) |
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The aerogel Cherenkov-counter system (ACC) |
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367 | (2) |
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Time-of-flight counters (TOF) |
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369 | (3) |
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Electromagnetic calorimetry (ECL) |
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372 | (5) |
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The KL and muon detection system (KLM) |
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377 | (2) |
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379 | (3) |
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Data-acquisition electronics and trigger system |
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382 | (3) |
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Luminosity measurement and the detector performance |
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385 | (2) |
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387 | (3) |
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388 | (2) |
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390 | (46) |
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390 | (1) |
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391 | (4) |
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395 | (2) |
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Acquiring the sensor signal |
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397 | (5) |
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397 | (5) |
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402 | (1) |
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403 | (2) |
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404 | (1) |
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405 | (1) |
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Signal-to-noise ratio versus sensor capacitance |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (3) |
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Noise analysis of a detector and front-end amplifier |
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409 | (6) |
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415 | (2) |
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417 | (4) |
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417 | (2) |
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Propagation delays and power dissipation |
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419 | (2) |
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421 | (1) |
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Analogue-to-digital conversion |
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421 | (4) |
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Time-to-digital converters (TDCs) |
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425 | (2) |
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427 | (2) |
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429 | (4) |
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429 | (2) |
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431 | (2) |
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433 | (1) |
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433 | (3) |
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435 | (1) |
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436 | (30) |
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436 | (1) |
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Reconstruction of raw detector data |
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436 | (3) |
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439 | (2) |
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441 | (11) |
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Charged-particle trajectories |
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442 | (4) |
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446 | (1) |
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447 | (2) |
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Stable-particle identification |
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449 | (1) |
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Displaced vertices and unstable-particle reconstruction |
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449 | (3) |
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452 | (7) |
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Monte Carlo event generators |
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452 | (1) |
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Simulation of detector response |
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453 | (1) |
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453 | (2) |
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455 | (4) |
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459 | (3) |
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462 | (4) |
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462 | (4) |
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Applications of particle detectors outside particle physics |
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466 | (44) |
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467 | (4) |
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471 | (4) |
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Tumour therapy with particle beams |
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475 | (5) |
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Surface investigations with slow protons |
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480 | (2) |
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Gamma- and neutron-backscatter measurements |
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482 | (2) |
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484 | (2) |
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Identification of isotopes in radioactive fallout |
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486 | (1) |
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Search for hidden chambers in pyramids |
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487 | (2) |
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Random-number generators using radioactive decays |
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489 | (3) |
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Experimental proof of ve ≠ vμ |
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492 | (3) |
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Detector telescope for γ-ray astronomy |
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495 | (2) |
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Measurement of extensive air showers with the Fly's Eye detector |
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497 | (3) |
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Search for proton decay with water Cherenkov counters |
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500 | (1) |
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501 | (2) |
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503 | (1) |
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503 | (7) |
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505 | (5) |
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510 | (67) |
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512 | (21) |
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533 | (44) |
| Appendix 1: Table of fundamental physical constants |
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577 | (3) |
| Appendix 2: Definition and conversion of physical units |
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580 | (2) |
| Appendix 3: Properties of pure and composite materials |
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582 | (2) |
| Appendix 4: Monte Carlo event generators |
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584 | (7) |
| Appendix 5: Decay-level schemes |
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591 | (8) |
| Index |
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