6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4015948FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculteit Wetenschappen en Bio-ingenieurswetensch.
Department
Physics
Educational team
Steven Lowette (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
32 contact hours Lecture
20 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

A review is given on modern particle detector technologies. Challenges and techniques regarding signal readout and data aggregation are discussed. Next, we will focus on reconstruction of collected data, for example reconstruction of tracks of charged particles and other high-level physics objects. Beyond that, we elaborate on techniques of data analysis and interpretion. The course focuses on particle physics experiments eg. around the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Notes will be provided at the lectures.
Additional info

The lectures are given with slides which can be downloaded by the students.

Learning Outcomes

General competences

The student has acquired in-depth knowledge on the aggregation, reconstruction, and analysis of data with modern particle-detection techniques at particle-physics experiments. Therefore, the student will be equipped with tools to perform research at for example particle accelerators.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • examenmondeling with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Oral examination with preparation time and/or presentation of part of the course material.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Oral examination with preparation time and/or presentation of part of the course material and/or review of a scientific publication wrt the course material.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Physics and Astronomy: Minor Research
Master of Physics and Astronomy: Minor Economy and Business
Master of Physics and Astronomy: Minor Education
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: fysica (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)