Vertex detectors

Conference · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:81034

Lueth, V

The purpose of a vertex detector is to measure position and angles of charged particle tracks to sufficient precision so as to be able to separate tracks originating from decay vertices from those produced at the interaction vertex. Such measurements are interesting because they permit the detection of weakly decaying particles with lifetimes down to 10{sup {minus}13} s, among them the {tau} lepton and charm and beauty hadrons. These two lectures are intended to introduce the reader to the different techniques for the detection of secondary vertices that have been developed over the past decades. The first lecture includes a brief introduction to the methods used to detect secondary vertices and to estimate particle lifetimes. It describes the traditional technologies, based on photographic recording in emulsions and on film of bubble chambers, and introduces fast electronic registration of signals derived from scintillating fibers, drift chambers and gaseous micro-strip chambers. The second lecture is devoted to solid state detectors. It begins with a brief introduction into semiconductor devices, and then describes the application of large arrays of strip and pixel diodes for charged particle tracking. These lectures can only serve as an introduction the topic of vertex detectors. Time and space do not allow for an in-depth coverage of many of the interesting aspects of vertex detector design and operation.

• Research Organization: Superconducting Super Collider Lab., Dallas, TX (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC35-89ER40486
• OSTI ID: 81034
• Report Number(s): SSCL-Preprint-553; CONF-9207140-8; ON: DE95011156; TRN: 95:017110
• Resource Relation: Conference: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) summer institute on particle accelerators: third family and the physics of flavor, Stanford, CA (United States), 13-24 Jul 1992; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
RADIATION DETECTORS
LECTURES
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
PARTICLE TRACKS
TAU PARTICLES
LIFETIME
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM DETECTORS
MASS
WEAK PARTICLE DECAY
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
MEASURING METHODS
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
OPERATION
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS