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Calorimetry—From Thermodynamics to Particle Detection

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Calorimetry for Collider Physics, an Introduction

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In this introductory chapter, the development of calorimetry from a crude technique for measuring the energy of electrically neutral particles (primarily photons) to the dominating precision tool it has become in modern particle physics experiments is described. The connection with the age-old thermodynamical technique with the same name is explained as well.

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    The primary experimental goal of this experiment was the detection of high-energy electrons and positrons produced in the target. These studies led in 1977 to the discovery of the b-quark [2].

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    Michele Livan

  2. Physics and Astronomy Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA

    Richard Wigmans

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Livan, M., Wigmans, R. (2019). Calorimetry—From Thermodynamics to Particle Detection. In: Calorimetry for Collider Physics, an Introduction. UNITEXT for Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23653-3_1

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