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In particle physics experiments, the energy resolution is often considered the most important performance characteristic of a calorimeter. In this chapter, the various factors that contribute to and limit the energy resolution of practical calorimeters are discussed. The precision with which the energy of a detected particle can be measured is not exclusively determined by the energy resolution, also the signal linearity is important in this context. Fundamental misconceptions in this context are discussed as well.
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Livan, M., Wigmans, R. (2019). The Energy Resolution of Calorimeters. In: Calorimetry for Collider Physics, an Introduction. UNITEXT for Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23653-3_6
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