particle detector
Tracks invisible fragments
A particle detector is a device that identifies and measures subatomic particles—their presence, energy, momentum, or charge.
Detectors range from simple Geiger counters to massive instruments at particle accelerators: The particle detector at CERN weighs thousands of tons.
Different detector types work through various principles: particles ionizing gas, producing light, or leaving tracks in material.
- sensorInput-detecting device
- CERNEuropean nuclear research organization
- Large Hadron ColliderCircular particle accelerator beneath Switzerland
- colliderDual-beam particle accelerator
- muonFleeting charged lepton
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