Particle Physics Practicals
Particle Physics Practicals
The Practical Course includes several experiments in Nuclear Physics:
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CO26 Radioactive decay (a "computer experiment" using Monte Carlo methods)
GP09 Radioactivity and statistics
SS14 Nuclear magnetic moments by NMR
NP02 Measurement of a beta spectrum
NP03 Gamma-ray spectroscopy
NP04 Life-time of a gamma-emitting state
NP05 Coincidence counting techniques
NP07 Moessbauer effect
NP12 Elastic scattering
NP13 Gamma-radiation from the reaction 19F (p,alpha) 16O
NP15 PIXE analysis (using protons from the Van de Graaff accelerator)
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Some in Particle Physics:
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NP08 Muon lifetime measurements
NP09, NP11 Naked charm
NP18 Muon capture lifetime
NP09 Properties of hyperons
NP12 Elastic scattering
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Some on techniques from other fields that we use in particle physics and particle astrophysics experiments:
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NP01 Energy loss by ionisation
SS09, SS39 Superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID)
GP34 Vacuum techniques and thermal radiation
GP37 Role of phonons in thermal conduction in metals and dielectrics
OP02 Michelson interferometer
OP27 Helium-neon laser
SS08 Superconductivity
SS22 Cryogenic thermometry
NP14 Low background radiation measurements
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as well as several in basic techniques of electronics and computing, which
we also use in our experiments.
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