| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Particle physics | p. 1 |
| Particles and interactions | p. 2 |
| Relativistic kinematics | p. 5 |
| Summary of particle properties | p. 7 |
| Scattering | p. 10 |
| Particle physics experiments | p. 14 |
| Data analysis | p. 18 |
| Electromagnetic interactions | p. 29 |
| Energy loss in matter | p. 30 |
| Quantum treatment of the energy loss | p. 34 |
| Fluctuations in energy loss | p. 42 |
| Energy loss of electrons and positrons | p. 46 |
| Interactions of photons | p. 54 |
| Elastic scattering | p. 64 |
| Multiple scattering | p. 67 |
| Other electromagnetic effects | p. 71 |
| Nuclear interactions | p. 79 |
| Strong interactions | p. 79 |
| Weak interactions | p. 88 |
| Particle beams | p. 93 |
| Particle accelerators | p. 93 |
| Secondary beams | p. 103 |
| Beam transport | p. 108 |
| Flux monitors | p. 115 |
| Other particle sources | p. 117 |
| Radiation protection | p. 120 |
| Targets | p. 125 |
| Standard targets | p. 125 |
| Special purpose targets | p. 129 |
| Fast electronics | p. 133 |
| Fast pulse instrumentation | p. 133 |
| Discriminators | p. 134 |
| Coincidence units | p. 137 |
| CAMAC standard | p. 141 |
| Other fast pulse devices | p. 142 |
| Signal cables | p. 144 |
| Scintillation counters | p. 148 |
| The scintillation process | p. 148 |
| Light collection | p. 156 |
| Photomultiplier tubes | p. 161 |
| Performance | p. 165 |
| Timing applications | p. 169 |
| Cerenkov counters | p. 178 |
| The Cerenkov effect | p. 178 |
| Photon yield | p. 183 |
| Gas radiators | p. 186 |
| Threshold counters | p. 190 |
| Differential counters | p. 196 |
| Total absorption counters | p. 201 |
| Proportional chambers | p. 205 |
| Elements of a proportional chamber | p. 205 |
| Fundamental processes in gases | p. 208 |
| Proportional chamber gases | p. 216 |
| Multiwire proportional chambers | p. 218 |
| Readout electronics | p. 225 |
| Drift chambers | p. 234 |
| Properties of drift chamber gases | p. 234 |
| Construction | p. 241 |
| Readout electronics | p. 247 |
| Performance | p. 249 |
| Particle identification | p. 252 |
| Sampling calorimeters | p. 259 |
| Electromagnetic showers | p. 259 |
| Electromagnetic shower detectors | p. 266 |
| Hadronic shower detectors | p. 274 |
| Neutral particle detectors | p. 280 |
| Specialized detectors | p. 285 |
| Bubble chambers | p. 285 |
| Emulsions | p. 288 |
| Spark chambers | p. 289 |
| Streamer chambers | p. 293 |
| Transition radiation detectors | p. 294 |
| Short summary of some other detectors | p. 296 |
| Triggers | p. 303 |
| General considerations | p. 303 |
| Identified particle triggers | p. 307 |
| Deposited energy triggers | p. 315 |
| Higher level triggering | p. 316 |
| Detector systems | p. 325 |
| Magnetic spectrometers | p. 325 |
| Design considerations | p. 329 |
| Fixed target spectrometers | p. 336 |
| Colliding beam spectrometers | p. 341 |
| Nucleon decay spectrometers | p. 349 |
| Data acquisition | p. 351 |
| Some fundamental measurements | p. 358 |
| Particle properties | p. 358 |
| Total cross section | p. 367 |
| Elastic scattering | p. 370 |
| Polarization experiments | p. 372 |
| New particle searches | p. 376 |
| Physical constants | p. 385 |
| Periodic table of the elements | p. 386 |
| Probability and statistics | p. 388 |
| Cross sections and probability | p. 391 |
| Two-body scattering in the LAB frame | p. 393 |
| Motion of ions in a combined electric and magnetic field | p. 394 |
| Properties of structural materials | p. 396 |
| Author index | p. 399 |
| Subject index | p. 414 |
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