Signal Processing in High Energy Physics Detection of Ionization (2/2) This common feature of all detectors for particle physics allows a rather unified approach to signal processing Despite of common features among various detectors used in high-energy physics, great differences exist among them The typical charge at the detector output can differ by six orders of magnitude The output capacitances can differ by the same factor Signal dynamics Pulse repetition rate Luciano musa 5Beijing, January 2008 Luciano Musa 5 Signal Processing in High Energy Physics Detection of Ionization (2/2) ▪ This common feature of all detectors for particle physics allows a rather unified approach to signal processing ▪ Despite of common features among various detectors used in high-energy physics, great differences exist among them • The typical charge at the detector output can differ by six orders of magnitude • The output capacitances can differ by the same factor • Signal dynamics • Pulse repetition rate