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Basic Concepts of Semiconductor Tracking Detectors

  • Simon SpannagelEmail author
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Tracking detectors are a crucial component of any modern particle physics experiment, especially in the high-occupancy regimes at hadron colliders. They provide measurements for the determination of particle trajectories, from which their basic properties such as momentum and charge as well as origin and direction can be deducted.

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  1. 1.European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)GenevaSwitzerland

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