DETECTION TECHNIQUES FOR IONIZING PARTICLES BASED ON SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
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Fundamentals of sub-atomic structure of matters and interaction between radiation and matter.
Discussion on the incurred problems and the proposed solutions during the lab activities, complemented by a presentation of the results related to the advanced series of measurements performed by the students.
The main goal of the course is to provide students knowledge and skills on sub-atomic particle and photon detection based on silicon sensors.
A series of lectures on the fundamentals of position sensitive silicon detectors and silicon photomultipliers will provide the basic knowledge. Skills will be developed in the lab, with hands-on practice and performing basic sensor characterization and essential measurements. Usually, a specific mid-term project will be assigned to the group of students, for about 40% of the allocated hours.
Scientific papers related to the fundamentals and the state-of-the-art will be provided by the time of the lectures.
Lectures and lab activities (supervised and un-supervised)
Lab activities will be performed using the research equipment made available by the instructor.