Reference for solid state particle detector

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I'm looking for a good introductory text on solid state devices for particle detection.

The place to start is the Particle Data Book chapters on detection. Go to http://pdg.lbl.gov/2011/reviews/contents_sports.html, select the "experimental methods" button and start reading. — dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten, Jun 22 '11 at 14:58

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '11 at 02:14

In Gilmore's book:

http://www.amazon.com/Single-Particle-Detection-Measurement-Gilmore/dp/0850667550

Chapter 5 is on solid state ionization and it's use in detectors. That was hanging around the lab when I was working in particle physics. I'd give that one a try. It's a bit old these days but the principles are there.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '11 at 00:13

I found this book pretty useful during studies:

Detectors for particle radiation (Konrad Kleinknecht)

It covers a lot of different detector types, and also has some chapters on solid state detectors, from the basics (particles in matter, semiconductors) up to how to build a detector out of it, if I recall correctly.

Reference for solid state particle detector

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