Physicum D115
weeks 3-7, 9, 11-16
Exercise sessions Mondays 12.15-13.00
Physicum D116
starting week 5
Lectures Kenneth Österberg
Physicum, 3rd floor, room C327
E-mail: kenneth.osterberg(at)helsinki.fi
Exercise sessions Anna Milieva
Physicum, 3rd floor, room B321
E-mail: anna.milieva(at)helsinki.fi
Spring 2025 course page updated 28.4.2025
- Lecture notes available here (pdf).
Lecture recordings from previous years available here (mp4).
They follow largely:
E. Wilson: An Introduction to Particle Accelerators (Oxford University Press 2001) for the Accelerator part - Very useful backup material:
Particle Data Group Reviews on Experimental Methods and Colliders:
Especially for Accelerator part: accelerator physics of colliders, Experiments part: passage of particle through matter and particle detectors at accelerators
Proceedings of CERN Accelerator Schools e.g. Jyväskylä 1992, Loutraki 2000, Zeuthen 2003 or Trondheim 2013
Particle Detector Briefbook
D. Green: The Physics of Particle Detectors (Cambridge University Press 2005)
C. Grupen and B. Shwartz: Particle Detectors (2nd edition, Cambridge University Press 2023)
G. Knoll: Radiation Detection and Measurement (4th edition, Wiley 2010)
- Introduction
Accelerators (Part I):
- Particle Accelerator History and Basics, Transverse Beam
Dynamics and Accelerator Lattice,
Longitudinal Beam Dynamics, Accelerating Cavities, Electron Dynamics, Imperfections & instabilities,
Colliders & cooling, The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), Future colliders and accelerator applications
Experiments (Part II):
- Particle Detector History and Basics, Tracking and Particle
Interaction with Matter, Gaseous charged particle detectors,
Semiconductor charged particle detectors, Scintillation and Photon Detectors, Energy Measurement and Jet Reconstruction,
Particle Identification, Detector Systems, Trigger and Data Acquisition, The LHC experiments, Particle Detector Applications
Exercises (7-8 papers) gives at maximum 20 points (40 %),
Oral exam at end of course gives at maximum 30 points (60 %).
Oral exams: Tuesday 29.4 at 10.15-14.00 in Physicum C310, Monday 5.5 at 10.15-14.00 in Physicum D115 and Friday 16.5 at 13.15-17.00 in Physicum C310
Oral exam topics (final, modified 28.4.2025)
Exercises given latest on Fridays, notification by e-mail, to be returned following Friday before 12.00 Finnish time.
Exercise paper available and your solutions to be returned on the moodle course page
Model answers to exercises available on moodle course page
First lecture Monday 13.1.2025 at 10.15 !!
Send any comments or questions about this page to kenneth.osterberg(at)helsinki.fi