QuarkNet: Detectors, cosmic
rays, etc
- Detectors in elementary particle physics -- In high-energy
collisions, the detectors mostly measure pions (pi-mesons), electrons,
photons, and muons
- event pictures (SLD experiment at SLAC)
- particle adventure
- Basic detector elements
- gas detectors
- scintillator detectors (as with the QuarkNet cosmic ray
detectors)
- solid state detectors
- Example: The (electromagnetic) calorimeter