6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4024265ENR for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students must have followed 'Experimental Physics', 'Experimental Radiation and Quantum Physics', 'Statistical Processing of Experimental Data' before they can enroll for Particle Radiation Detection and Measurement.
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculteit Wetenschappen en Bio-ingenieurswetensch.
Department
Physics
Educational team
Michael Tytgat (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
30 contact hours Lecture
16 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

1. Lectures: (30h)

Radiation sources; interactions of particles and radiation with matter; general properties of radiation detectors; gaseous detectors (ionization chambers, proportional counters, Geiger-Mueller counters, RPCs/MPGDs); scintillation counters; photomultipliers tubes and photodiodes; radiation spectroscopy with scintillators; neutron detection; semiconductor diode detectors; tracking detectors; calorimeters; muon detection; particle identification techniques (time-of-flight, Cherenkov counters, Transition Radiation Detectors, dE/dx, calorimeter PID);  neutrino detection; ageing and radiation effects; pulse processing; selected detector applications outside of particle physics. 


2. Laboratory exercise: (12h)
Muon lifetime experiment 


3. Practical exercises: (4h)
Coding exercises related to selected topics from the lectures (bethe-bloch formula, particle identification, photomultipliers …) 
 

Additional info

Students will receive a digital copy of all slides presented during the lectures. 

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The students are provided a broad overview of detection techniques and technologies that are commonly used in experimental particle and nuclear physics as well as in applied fields such as medical physics and nuclear industry.  

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 30% of the final mark.

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

  • oral exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

    Note: Oral Exam with written preparation (closed book)

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

  • other ex. with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

    Note: Coding exercises + lab report

Additional info regarding evaluation

NA

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