Physics 252B - Techniques in High Energy Physics
Prof. Robin D. Erbacher

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Reference Material

Required Text

Richard Fernow -- Introduction to Experimental Particle Physics
(Brookhaven Natl Lab -- Introduces many (not all) types of detectors at entry level)

Supplementary Material

Konrad Kleinknecht -- Detectors for Particle Radiation -- Library Reserves
(Universität Mainz -- Great reference to supplement Fernow)

Donald H. Perkins -- Introduction to High Energy Physics -- Library Reserves
(Oxford Emeritus-- Analog to Griffiths, but experimental approach, 4th ed!)

Dan Green -- The Physics of Particle Detectors
(Fermilab -- Dan is the Head of the U.S. CMS Project)

Frank Close -- The Cosmic Onion
(Oxford Theorist -- History and Discoveries in Particle Physics)

Gordon Kane -- The Particle Garden
(U. Michigan Theorist-- How we achieved current understanding, how we "see")

Dan Green -- High PT Physics at Hadron Colliders
(Intro to how we *do* particle physics -- Recommend for those who want to understand or to work on physics at the Tevatron or the LHC -- experimentalists & theorists both!)

HEP Literature References

Particle Data Group-- 2004 Review of Particle Physics -- Phys.Lett.B. 592, 1
(Biennial Bible for Particle Physicists-- sign up to recieve it and '06 mini version here)

Links to Useful Information

Particle Physics Milestones

Particle Physics Acronyms

SLAC Virtual Visitors Center: History, Detectors, Theory

The Particle Adventure

Collected Particle Physics Education Sites

Fermilab: Inquiring Minds, Top Turns Ten, World Year of Physics, ILC

OPAL (LEP) Event Displays and Corresponding Feynman Diagrams