Overview
- Comprehensive description of experimental methods
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics (STMP, volume 236)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The book reviews the unexpected impact that the LEP experiments have had on the subject of b-quark physics. The emphasis is firmly on telling the story from an experimental viewpoint. Aspects of the detectors that were essential for the reconstruction of b-hadrons are highlighted, especially the role played by silicon strip detectors and particle identification methods. The importance of solving practical issues such as detector alignment and track reconstruction to fully realize the reconstruction potential of the detectors is demonstrated along with various examples of potential problems when these aspects are not well controlled. Barker details new ideas and analysis techniques that evolved during the years of LEP running so that the information is useful to new researchers or those putting together plans for future b-physics experiments. Highlights of the final b-physics results from the LEP collaborations are reviewed in the context of results from other experiments around the world and with respect to what we learn about the Standard Model of Particle Physics.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: b-Quark Physics with the LEP Collider
Book Subtitle: The Development of Experimental Techniques for b-Quark Studies from Z^0-Decay
Authors: Gary John Barker
Series Title: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05279-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05278-1Published: 29 May 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26350-7Published: 28 June 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-05279-8Published: 14 June 2010
Series ISSN: 0081-3869
Series E-ISSN: 1615-0430
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 200
Number of Illustrations: 92 b/w illustrations
Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Particle and Nuclear Physics, Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics