Particle Physics Laboratory 1

The goal of the course is to illustrate the experimental methods used in particle physics directly involving students in all phases; from the project to the data analysis of small scale experiments using silicon semiconductor telescopes and plastic scintillators.

The student will acquire the following skills:

1. He will be able to describe how silicon detectors and plastic scintillators works;

2. He will be able to calculate the energy released in a material from a particle at MIP and to determine the half life of the positron;

3. He will be able to build up the acquisition chain for both the experiments; i.d. the energy in the semiconductors and the measurements of time for the determination of the half life of the positronium;

4. He will be able to analyze the data in order to reconstruct the Landau curves and the positronium half life.