Particle identification is the process of using information left by a particle passing through a particle detector to identify the type of particle. Particle identification reduces backgrounds and improves measurement resolutions, and is essential to many analyses at particle detectors.
Read more about Particle Identification: Charged Particles, Photons, Electrons, Muons, Tau Particles, Neutrinos, Neutral Hadrons, Heavy Quarks
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“Each particle is a microcosm, and faithfully renders the likeness of the world.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)