Cristiano BOZZA | EXPERIMENTAL METHODS FOR NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS

cod. 0512600032

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS FOR NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS

	0512600032
	DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS "E. R. CAIANIELLO"
	EQF6
	PHYSICS
	2024/2025

PERCORSO SHARED STUDY PATHWAY

	YEAR OF COURSE 3
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
FIS/04	4	32	LESSONS	OPTIONAL SUBJECTS
FIS/04	2	24	LAB	OPTIONAL SUBJECTS

EXAMS

	Exam	Date	Session
	APPELLO DI GENNAIO 2025	16/01/2025 - 10:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO
	APPELLO DI FEBBRAIO 2025	06/02/2025 - 10:00	SESSIONE DI RECUPERO

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS AT PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH OPERATIONAL KNOW-HOW ON METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE COURSE PROVIDES OPERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE METHODS REQUIRED IN NUCLEAR AND ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS, INCLUDING INSTRUMENTATION, PROCEDURES AND DATA HANDLING. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: STUDENTS GET HANDS-ON LEARNING SESSIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES IN NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS. THEY DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNIQUES, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO OPTIMISE AND DESIGN LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS. JUDGMENT AUTONOMY: STUDENTS ARE FACED WITH PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF BOTH DATA ACQUISITION DESIGN AND ANALYSIS. THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO FIND AND PROPOSE THE BEST SOLUTIONS AND TO EVALUATE THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EACH SOLUTION. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: STUDENTS MUST DRAW UP A TECHNICAL-SCIENTIFIC REPORT ON THE ACTIVITY CARRIED OUT AND SUBSEQUENTLY PRESENT AND DISCUSS IT. THE PREPARATION OF THE REPORT TAKES PLACE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE TEACHER WHO GUIDES THE STUDENT TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFICIENCY OF COMMUNICATION. LEARNING SKILLS: STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FIND OUT DATA BASES AND TRAINED TO FIND TRUSTWORTHY INFORMATION SOURCES BY THEMSELVES, THROUGH GUIDED SEARCH AND COMPARISON OF THE RESULTS FOUND.

THE COURSE AIMS AT PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH OPERATIONAL KNOW-HOW ON METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE COURSE PROVIDES OPERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE METHODS REQUIRED IN NUCLEAR AND ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS, INCLUDING INSTRUMENTATION, PROCEDURES AND DATA HANDLING.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
STUDENTS GET HANDS-ON LEARNING SESSIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES IN NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS. THEY DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNIQUES, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO OPTIMISE AND DESIGN LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS.

JUDGMENT AUTONOMY:
STUDENTS ARE FACED WITH PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF BOTH DATA ACQUISITION DESIGN AND ANALYSIS. THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO FIND AND PROPOSE THE BEST SOLUTIONS AND TO EVALUATE THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EACH SOLUTION.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
STUDENTS MUST DRAW UP A TECHNICAL-SCIENTIFIC REPORT ON THE ACTIVITY CARRIED OUT AND SUBSEQUENTLY PRESENT AND DISCUSS IT. THE PREPARATION OF THE REPORT TAKES PLACE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE TEACHER WHO GUIDES THE STUDENT TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFICIENCY OF COMMUNICATION.

LEARNING SKILLS:
STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO FIND OUT DATA BASES AND TRAINED TO FIND TRUSTWORTHY INFORMATION SOURCES BY THEMSELVES, THROUGH GUIDED SEARCH AND COMPARISON OF THE RESULTS FOUND.

	Prerequisites
	BASICS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS SPECIAL RELATIVITY CLASSICAL ELECTROMAGNETISM CLASSICAL MECHANICS

	Contents
	1 MOTION OF A PARTICLE IN MEDIUM (4 HOURS LECTURE) 1.1 MULTIPLE SCATTERING 1.2 BREMSSTRAHLUNG 1.3 ELECTROMAGNETIC SHOWERS 1.4 HADRONIC SHOWERS 2 DETECTION TECHNIQUES 2.1 NUCLEAR EMULSIONS (4 HOURS LECTURE) 2.2 PROPORTIONAL TUBES, MWPC, RPC, TPC (6 HOURS LECTURE) 2.3 PHOTOMULTIPLIERS (1 HOUR LECTURE) 2.4 SCINTILLATORS (1 HOUR LECTURE) 2.5 SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS (STRIP/PAD/PIXEL) (3 HOURS LECTURE) 2.6 CHERENKOV COUNTERS AND TRD (3 HOURS LECTURE) 2.7 READOUT AND SIGNAL PROCESSING ELECTRONICS (2 HOURS LECTURE) 3 STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES (5 HOURS LECTURE) 4 SPECTROMETRY (2 HOURS LECTURE) 5 CALORIMETRY (1 HOUR LECTURE) 6 LABORATORY EXPERIENCES: 6.1 DATA COLLECTION FROM NUCLEAR EMULSIONS, HANDLING AND TRACK/EVENT RECONSTRUCTION (8 HOURS LAB.) 6.2 FLUX MEASUREMENT WITH NUCLEAR EMULSIONS (6 HOURS LAB.) 6.3 DATA COLLECTION FROM PHOTOMULTIPLIERS, HANDLING AND TRACK/EVENT RECONSTRUCITON (10 HOURS LAB.)

Contents

1 MOTION OF A PARTICLE IN MEDIUM (4 HOURS LECTURE)
1.1 MULTIPLE SCATTERING
1.2 BREMSSTRAHLUNG
1.3 ELECTROMAGNETIC SHOWERS
1.4 HADRONIC SHOWERS

2 DETECTION TECHNIQUES
2.1 NUCLEAR EMULSIONS (4 HOURS LECTURE)
2.2 PROPORTIONAL TUBES, MWPC, RPC, TPC (6 HOURS LECTURE)
2.3 PHOTOMULTIPLIERS (1 HOUR LECTURE)
2.4 SCINTILLATORS (1 HOUR LECTURE)
2.5 SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS (STRIP/PAD/PIXEL) (3 HOURS LECTURE)
2.6 CHERENKOV COUNTERS AND TRD (3 HOURS LECTURE)
2.7 READOUT AND SIGNAL PROCESSING ELECTRONICS (2 HOURS LECTURE)

3 STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES (5 HOURS LECTURE)

4 SPECTROMETRY (2 HOURS LECTURE)

5 CALORIMETRY (1 HOUR LECTURE)

6 LABORATORY EXPERIENCES:
6.1 DATA COLLECTION FROM NUCLEAR EMULSIONS, HANDLING AND TRACK/EVENT RECONSTRUCTION (8 HOURS LAB.)
6.2 FLUX MEASUREMENT WITH NUCLEAR EMULSIONS (6 HOURS LAB.)
6.3 DATA COLLECTION FROM PHOTOMULTIPLIERS, HANDLING AND TRACK/EVENT RECONSTRUCITON (10 HOURS LAB.)

	Teaching Methods
	THEORETICAL LECTURES / PRACTICAL LEARNING OF EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES FOR NUCLEAR AND SUBNUCLEAR PHYSICS. INFORMATION LEARNED DURING LECTURES TURNS INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN THE LABORATORY ACTIVITY. LECTURES WILL TAKE 32 HOURS (4 CFU) WHEREAS LABORATORY TRAINING WILL TAKE 24 HOURS (2 CFU). ATTENDANCE OF 2/3 OF THE TEACHING HOURS (ROUNDED DOWN) IS MANDATORY.

	Verification of learning
	FULFILMENT OF LEARNING GOALS IS CERTIFIED BY PASSING AN EXAM WITH A SCORE ON A SCALE OF 30 GRADES, POSSIBLY "CUM LAUDE", AND A REQUIRED MINIMUM OF 18. THE FINAL EXAM CONSISTS IN DISCUSSING A SHORT DISSERTATION ON ONE OF THE EXPERIMENTS OR TECHNIQUES PRACTICED IN THE LABORATORY ACTIVITY, PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ANALYTICAL AND CRITICAL APPROACHES. ONLY THE SUBJECTS EXPLAINED IN THE LECTURES AND PRACTICED IN THE LABORATORY ACTIVITY MUST BE COVERED. NO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH IS REQUIRED. THE DISSERTATION MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE TEACHER AT LEAST ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE IN PAPER FORMAT WITH ALL OF ITS SHEETS SIGNED. THE WRITTEN DISSERTATION MAY SCORE IN THE RANGE FROM 0 THROUGH 9 DEPENDING ON COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS AND PROPER VOCABULARY. THE DISCUSSION IS SPLIT IN THREE QUESTIONS, EACH OF WHICH CAN SCORE IN THE RANGE FROM 0 TO 7, EVALUATING PRECISION, UNDERSTANDING AND ABILITY TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS AND MAKE LOGICAL LINKS, HENCE WITH A TOTAL SCORE MAXIMUM SCORE OF 21. THE SUM OF GRADES FOR THE DISSERTATION AND THE DISCUSSION CAN TOP 30. THE EXAM IS PASSED "CUM LAUDE" IF THE SCORE OF 30 IS OBTAINED SHOWING THAT THE CANDIDATE OPERATIONALLY MASTERS THE SUBJECTS OF THE TEACHING, I.E. IF HE/SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO MODIFY OR PROPOSE EXPERIMENTS BY THE TAUGHT METHODS.

Verification of learning

FULFILMENT OF LEARNING GOALS IS CERTIFIED BY PASSING AN EXAM WITH A SCORE ON A SCALE OF 30 GRADES, POSSIBLY "CUM LAUDE", AND A REQUIRED MINIMUM OF 18.

THE FINAL EXAM CONSISTS IN DISCUSSING A SHORT DISSERTATION ON ONE OF THE EXPERIMENTS OR TECHNIQUES PRACTICED IN THE LABORATORY ACTIVITY, PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ANALYTICAL AND CRITICAL APPROACHES. ONLY THE SUBJECTS EXPLAINED IN THE LECTURES AND PRACTICED IN THE LABORATORY ACTIVITY MUST BE COVERED. NO ADDITIONAL RESEARCH IS REQUIRED. THE DISSERTATION MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE TEACHER AT LEAST ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE IN PAPER FORMAT WITH ALL OF ITS SHEETS SIGNED. THE WRITTEN DISSERTATION MAY SCORE IN THE RANGE FROM 0 THROUGH 9 DEPENDING ON COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS AND PROPER VOCABULARY. THE DISCUSSION IS SPLIT IN THREE QUESTIONS, EACH OF WHICH CAN SCORE IN THE RANGE FROM 0 TO 7, EVALUATING PRECISION, UNDERSTANDING AND ABILITY TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS AND MAKE LOGICAL LINKS, HENCE WITH A TOTAL SCORE MAXIMUM SCORE OF 21. THE SUM OF GRADES FOR THE DISSERTATION AND THE DISCUSSION CAN TOP 30. THE EXAM IS PASSED "CUM LAUDE" IF THE SCORE OF 30 IS OBTAINED SHOWING THAT THE CANDIDATE OPERATIONALLY MASTERS THE SUBJECTS OF THE TEACHING, I.E. IF HE/SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO MODIFY OR PROPOSE EXPERIMENTS BY THE TAUGHT METHODS.

	Texts
	MAIN REFERENCE BOOKS 1 W. LEO "TECHNIQUES FOR NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS: A HOW-TO APPROACH" 2ND EDITION, SPRINGER 2 NUCLEAR EMULSIONS: NOTES BY G. ROMANO (PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER) 3 STATISTICS: M. LORETI, TEORIA DEGLI ERRORI E FONDAMENTI DI STATISTICA (PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER) ADDITIONAL REFERENCE BOOKS SUGGESTED FOR FURTHER READING 4 G. KNOLL "RADIATION DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT" 4TH EDITION, JOHN WILEY & SONSVERLAG 5 C. BINI, LABORATORIO DI STRUMENTAZIONE E MISURA

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MAIN REFERENCE BOOKS
1 W. LEO "TECHNIQUES FOR NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS: A HOW-TO APPROACH" 2ND EDITION, SPRINGER
2 NUCLEAR EMULSIONS: NOTES BY G. ROMANO (PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER)
3 STATISTICS: M. LORETI, TEORIA DEGLI ERRORI E FONDAMENTI DI STATISTICA (PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER)

ADDITIONAL REFERENCE BOOKS SUGGESTED FOR FURTHER READING
4 G. KNOLL "RADIATION DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT" 4TH EDITION, JOHN WILEY & SONSVERLAG
5 C. BINI, LABORATORIO DI STRUMENTAZIONE E MISURA

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