Useful Links

Magazines for HEP

• Symmetry Magazine (Fermilab/SLAC)
• CERN Courier (CERN)

HEP research funding

• DOE Division of High Energy Physics

• NSF Elementary Particle Physics

Physics Societies

• American Physical Society

• Forum on International Physics

• Forum on Graduate Student Affairs 

Local

• Gaseous Radiation Detectors: Fundamentals and Applications, F. Sauli, Online Version at Evans Library

Resources

• INSPIRE HEP database for publications, jobs, etc.

• Particle Data Group

• 3D Printer Unclogging Instructions
• BandiCam User’s Manual
• Saving Memo WaveRunner Osocilloscopes
• LeCroy WaveRunner 104XiA Recovery Procedure Guide
• Steps for uploading to HEP github
• A brief guide to the basics of PC liquid cooling
• Guide on Installing and Configuring Geant4

Documentation

• Gaseous Detectors Handbook (by F. Sauli)

• CERNLIB documentation

• Principles of Operation of Multiwire Proportional and Drift Chambers (by F. Sauli)
• Reference Pulse Videos from ME0:
  • Source: X-ray Gun
  • The trace signals for each is based on the following color codes:
    • Yellow = Preamplifer Signal
    • Red = Amplifier Signal
    • Blue = Discriminator
  • No_source.avi
  • Source_amp_only.mp4
  • Source_Everything_Large_T_Div_short.mp4
  • Source_Everything_Low_T_div.mp4
• Reference Pulse Videos from In-flight 10x10 GEM Detector:
  • Videos taken on March 16, 2021
  • Sources: Fe-55, Am-241, Sr-90, and Cd-109 disk sources
  • Reading out 128 ganged strips on readout board
  • Threshold: 51 mV, Positive Edge
  • Total Gain: 18
  • Time/Div: 10.0 us
  • Operating Current in HV divider: 718 uA
  • The trace signals for each is based on the following color codes:
    • Pink = Amplifier Signal
      • Volt/Div: 100 mV
      • Impedence Coupling: 50 Ohm DC
    • Green = Preamplifier Signal
      • Volt/Div: 10 mV
      • Impedence Coupling: 50 Ohm DC
  • Note: "Open" configuration refers to no copper foil between kapton window to detector and disk source, "Close" configuration refers to copper foil between kapton window to detector and disk source.
  • Noise:
    • 4-16-21_Noise_open_718uA
    • 4-16-21_Noise_close_718uA
  • Fe-55 Disk Source:
    • 4-16-21_Fe55_open_718uA
    • 4-16-21_Fe55_close_718uA
  • Cd-109 Disk Source:
    • 4-16-21_Cd109_open_718uA
    • 4-16-21_Cd109_close_718uA
  • Am-241 Disk Source:
    • 4-16-21_Am241_open_718uA
    • 4-16-21_Am241_close_718uA
  • Sr-90 Disk Source:
    • 4-16-21_Sr90_open_718uA
    • 4-16-21_Sr90_close_718uA