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Standard Model at the LHC (Lecture 2: Particle Detectors) M. Schott ...

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Introduction The <strong>LHC</strong> <strong>Particle</strong>/M<strong>at</strong>ter Interactions Momentum Measurement Energy Measurement <strong>LHC</strong> <strong>Detectors</strong><br />

Electromagnetic Calorimeters (1/3)<br />

High energetic electrons and<br />

photons cre<strong>at</strong>e showers in <strong>the</strong><br />

absorber-m<strong>at</strong>erial:<br />

pair-production,<br />

bremsstrahlung,<br />

pair-production, ...<br />

until critical energy E C is<br />

reached<br />

The number of particles doubles<br />

in each step X 0 as long as EE C :<br />

N(t) ≈ 2 t , where t is <strong>the</strong><br />

numbner of steps in X 0<br />

with an average energy per<br />

particle of<br />

E(t) = E 0 /N(t) = E 0 · 2 −t

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