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Plastic Scintillator Detectors for Particle Physics

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Plastic Scintillators

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A review of the use of plastic scintillator in large experimental installations for particle physics, with a special emphasis on calorimetry in multi-purpose collider experiments and neutrino physics, is given. The historical developments of the last four decades are summarized. Modern experiments and their design choices are described in the context of the technological and scientific advances which made them possible.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Topological representation and key information of these molecules are given in the Appendix section at the end of the book.

  2. 2.

    https://www.crystals.saint-gobain.com/sites/imdf.crystals.com/files/documents/fiber-product-sheet.pdf.

  3. 3.

    The superconducting super collider (SSC) was a proposed 40 TeV collider to be built in Texas, canceled by the US Congress in 1993.

  4. 4.

    http://kuraraypsf.jp/psf/sf.html, Kuraray Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan.

  5. 5.

    http://fiberopticpof.com/pdfs/ProductSpecs/SK40ProductInformation.pdf, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings.

  6. 6.

    These photon traps are reminiscent of an arapuca, which is a South American bird trap.

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Cushman, P.B., Poehlmann, DM. (2021). Plastic Scintillator Detectors for Particle Physics. In: Hamel, M. (eds) Plastic Scintillators. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 140. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73488-6_15

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