particle detector

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particle
noun
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/ˈpɑː.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈpɑːr.t̬ə.kəl/
a word or a part of a word that has a grammatical purpose but often has little or ...
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detector
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈtek.tər/us
/dɪˈtek.tɚ/
a device used to find particular substances or things, or measure ...
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(Definition ofparticleanddetectorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the course of the collision between two initial particles - each coming from one beam - new particles are produced and are subsequently detected by particle detectors.
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He has conceived and developed a technique for the determination of the fluid moments of velocity distribution function in space plasma measurements from particle detectors.
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This is where he developed and demonstrated the powerful applications of the particle detectors he invented, most notably for enabling better health diagnostics.
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A computer records each event measured by the particle detectors, about 2000 events per second on average.
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The lab performed research and development in particle physics (including "particle detectors" development and testing), activation analysis, radiobiology, and solid state physics.
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Separate particle detectors measure the quantum states of each particle and send the resulting signal to a coincidence counter.
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Unlike most common particles they don't get absorbed in the calorimeter so by putting particle detectors outside it, muons can be identified.
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He has applied his methods to engineering, including holographic storage, optical fibers and devices, and new materials for particle detectors.
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These intensity patterns, imaged with aparticledetector, sometimes show slight deformations.
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In the experiment we present here, we did not detect the particles with aparticledetectorfar away from the target.
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This is accomplished by constructing and upgrading a large volume elementaryparticledetector.
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This is a project which aims at building a new 4piparticledetectorfor charged particles.
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These jets must be measured in aparticledetectorand studied in order to determine the properties of the original quark.
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The resulting subatomic interactions are then studied in a surroundingparticledetector.
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At modern particle accelerators, events are the result of the interactions which occur from a beam crossing inside aparticledetector.
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The muons can be easily detected by many types of particle detectors, such as cloud chambers, bubble chambers or scintillation detectors.
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It is also used for other types of particle detectors, e.g. some cryogenic particle detectors.
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Each hall contains an array of particle detectors that track the physical properties of the particles produced by the event.
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Particles that are produced in accelerators must also be observed, and this is the task of particle detectors.
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Particle detectors must be built to detect particles, their masses, momentum, energies, lifetime, charges, and nuclear spins.
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For instance, people working on accelerator physics might seek to build better particle detectors for research in theoretical physics.
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Water scintillation detectors or dense arrays of particle detectors can be used to detect these particle showers.
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Particle detectors can also usually track ionizing radiation (high energy photons or even visible light).
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