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| Udgave: |
Forår 2013 NAT |
| Point: |
7,5 |
| Blokstruktur: |
3. blok |
| Skemagruppe: |
C |
| Fagområde: |
fys |
| Institutter: |
Niels Bohr Institutet |
| Uddannelsesdel: |
Kandidat niveau |
| Kontaktpersoner: |
Peter Hansen, tlf. 35 32 53 94, e-mail. phansen@nbi.dk
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| Skema- oplysninger: |
 Vis skema for kurset
Samlet oversigt over tid og sted for alle kurser inden for Lektionsplan for Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet Forår 2013 NAT |
| Undervisnings- periode: |
4. februar til 14. april, 2013 |
| Undervisnings- form: |
Lectures, computer exercises, laboratory exercises. |
| Formål: |
The purpose of this course is for the students to learn how subatomic particles are detected in modern physics experiments and how data from a particle detector is analyzed to measure the basic properties of subatomic particles. An introduction to particle accelerators will be given as well.
The course will conclude with a visit to a physics laboratory where some of the detectors and accelerator principles learnt during the class are used on a daily basis.
This course is central for any later course or master/PhD project where an understanding of experimental subatomic physics is required.
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| Indhold: |
Basic principles of particle accelerators. Basic principles of particle passage through matter. Basic concepts of statistical analysis of data and introduction to computer programs needed for laboratory and computer exercises. Description of the design and operation of different particle detectors, for the measurement of position, time, energy, and momentum of particles. Explanation of how these measurements are used to identify different particle types and measure their basic properties like mass, lifetime etc. Review of modern multi-purpose detectors. Both general considerations and some specific examples of operating detectors at modern particle physics laboratories like CERN of FermiLab.
In the laboratory, students will operate particle detectors such as scintillator counters, gaseous tracking detectors, using particle sources like cosmic rays and radioactive sources, and perform various measurements. |
| Målbeskrivelse: |
After following this course, the students:have a theoretical understanding of how modern detectors for subatomic particles function, all the way from the physical processes in the detector sensors to the final energy and momentum determination of a particle. know the basic principles of how to operate a particle detector and collect the data, using cosmic rays or radioactive samples as sources of particles. have understanding of how to simulate data from a particle detector, and analyse experimental data with the help of computer programs based on C++ language.
The grade 12 is given to a student who at the exam has shown clear understanding of all theoretical and experimental aspects covered in the course, and in addition has demonstrated the skills listed in the kompetencebeskrivelse during the laboratory and computing exercises. |
| Lærebøger: |
Stefaan Tavernier: "Experimental Techniques in Nuclear and Particle Physics", Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-00828-3 |
| Tilmelding: |
Tilmelding foregår på Selvbetjeningen i perioden 15.november - 1. december. |
| Faglige forudsætninger: |
Bachelor or equivalent in Physics. Additionally, students are advised to follow the course: Elementary Particle Physics (block 2) and to have aquired knowledge corresponding to the bachelorcourse: Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics. |
| Eksamensform: |
Students will be provided, three days before the exam, with a publication about a recently proposed experiment, and a set of questions regarding the
publication. The answer to these questions will constitue the basis of a 15 minutes presentation the students will give on the subject, on the day of the exam.
The presentation will be followed by questions on the material presented, or more generally on the material presented during the lectures or discussed during the laboratory exercises.
Re-exam: Oral examination following the same procedure as the ordinary exam.
Internal censorship and graded with the 7-scale. |
| Eksamen: |
Eksamensspørgsmål udleveres d. 8. april og mundtlig prøve d. 11. april 2013 eller ksamensspørgsmål udleveres d. 9. april og mundtlig prøve d. 12. april 2013.
Reeksamen: Mundtlig med 3 dages forberedelse. Udleveres d. 24. juni og mundtlig prøve d. 27. juni 2013. |
| Kursus hjemmeside: |
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| Bemærkninger: |
The lectures and the course study material is in English. |
| Pensum: |
Richard Fernow, Introduction to experimental particle physics
Notes from the lectures and written guides for the exercises (provided in advance from the course web page).
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| Undervisnings- sprog: |
Kun engelsk
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| Sidst redigeret: |
15/11-2012 |