DIPC Colloquium: The art of experiment and the pace of discovery in particle physics
DIPC Seminars
- Speaker
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David Nygren, University of Texas at Arlington
- When
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2019/06/13
18:00 - Place
- Donostia International Physics Center
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The first electrical detection of single ionizing events occurred more than
100 years ago when Ernest Rutherford and Hans Geiger succeeded in recording
single alpha particles from radon decay using a gas-filled detector and an
electrometer. Remarkably diverse innovations based on gas-filled devices
followed and continue to enjoy importance in the arsenal of nuclear and
particle physics techniques. Of course, detection techniques based on liquid
and solid state devices flesh out this fascinating history. The evolution of
all these devices is interesting not only for their enabling contributions to
discovery, but in some cases, for aspects that were overlooked. Although this
ample record has many interesting chapters, I will focus on topics familiar to
me that seem best to illustrate how to make such advances.