Read article 'Radiation hard silicon detectors lead the way'
Radiation hard silicon detectors lead the way
3D silicon detectors offer exciting new approaches to imaging for particle physics and other fields. Cinzia DaVia' explains.
Read article 'Radiation hard silicon detectors lead the way'
Read article 'Can gas detectors still compete with silicon?'
Can gas detectors still compete with silicon?
The big topic of debate at the 9th Vienna Conference on Instrumentation held in February was whether gaseous detectors can still compete with semiconductor technology.
Read article 'Needles in high-speed haystacks'
Needles in high-speed haystacks
The new generation of big proton–proton colliders now being planned in Europe and the US aims to open up the collision physics of the constituent quarks and gluons hidden deep inside the proton. Loc...
Read article 'Detector trends by Georges Charpak'
Detector trends by Georges Charpak
Every year sees the emergence of new breeds of detectors and the improvement of existing ones, but the innovations which go on to make a significant impact on physics research are limited. The large i...
Read article 'ALEPH'
ALEPH
Our previous issue carried the first of a series of articles (DELPHI, page 27) on the four major experiments for CERN’s 9 kilometre diameter LEP electron–positron ring, now under construction an...
Read article 'Gargamelle: CERN’s new heavy liquid bubble chamber'
Gargamelle: CERN’s new heavy liquid bubble chamber
The famous Gargamelle bubble chamber, featured in the May 1968 issue, went on to gather the first direct evidence of the weak neutral current.
Read article 'Nuclear emulsions'
Nuclear emulsions
In the May 1966 issue, A J Herz and W O Lock described the development of nuclear-emulsion detectors, highlighting a CERN experiment that determined the magnetic moment of the Λ0 baryon.
