Detector Cross Section

Cross Section of a Detector

To give you an idea of the paths that particles will take through a detector, here is a cross-section view of a detector, looking down the tube the colliding beams come from. Note the different places where various particles will be detected.

Physicists can figure out the type of particle based on where that particle appeared in the detector.Test yourself and see if you can figure out a particle type by analyzing its path through a detector.