Category:Particle detectors

In physics, particle detectors are used in the experimental study of radioactivity, nuclear physics and particle physics; they are also important as a surveillance tool in radiation safety. Particle detectors may range from the simple to the vastly complex. The simplest include photographic film and Geiger counters, which are used to probe danger to humans. The most complex are used in particle colliders to detect the many types of different particles at a wide range of different energies, to distinguish their types and measure their energy and path (momentum).