Abstract
Detectors come in many different forms and apply a wide range of technologies, but their principles can be understood by applying basic physics. In analyzing the signal acquisition, relatively simple models provide sufficient information to assess the effect of different readout schemes. This chapter discusses signal formation in various types of detectors and fluctuations in signal magnitude. It then moves on to baseline fluctuations, i.e. electronic noise, and the properties of amplifiers used for signal acquisition.
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Spieler, H. (2012). Electronics Part I. In: Grupen, C., Buvat, I. (eds) Handbook of Particle Detection and Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13271-1_2
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