Relationships between Particle Detectors

Visualize links between families of measurement devices

Particle detectors as a group measure a wide range of different physical properties. These range from heat and energy to electric charge and absorbed dose:

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calorimeter

MEASUREMENT DEVICE

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measured quantities

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{

Heat

}

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dosimeter

MEASUREMENT DEVICE

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measured quantities

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{

AbsorbedDoseOfIonizingRadiation

}

These detectors also include many specialized subtypes that focus on specific aspects of the physical quantities of the detected particles:

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calorimeter

MEASUREMENT DEVICE

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specific instances

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adiabatic calorimeter

bomb calorimeter

calvet-type calorimeter

cone calorimeter

constant-pressure calorimeter

differential scanning calorimeter

electromagnetic calorimeter

heat flow calorimeter

isothermal calorimeter

isothermal titration calorimeter

reaction calorimeter

microcalorimeter

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Explore and visualize the different subtypes of particle detectors:

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iterateConnections[expr_]:=expr/.((_e_Entity)|{e_Entity})Withsi=e

specific instances

,If[MissingQ[si],Nothing,(e#)&/@si]rules=CasesNestListiterateConnections,

particle detector

MEASUREMENT DEVICE

,3,_Rule,∞;

Clean up the list by deleting duplicates:

particle detector

MEASUREMENT DEVICE

//InputForm

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entities=DeleteDuplicates[Cases[rules,_Entity,Infinity]]

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particle detector

bubble chamber

calorimeter

Cherenkov detector

cloud chamber

dosimeter

electroscope

Geiger counter

ionization chamber

scintillation counter

semiconductor detector

transition edge sensor

adiabatic calorimeter

bomb calorimeter

calvet-type calorimeter

cone calorimeter

constant-pressure calorimeter

differential scanning calorimeter

electromagnetic calorimeter

heat flow calorimeter

isothermal calorimeter

isothermal titration calorimeter

reaction calorimeter

microcalorimeter

neutron dosimeter

electronic personal dosimeter

film badge dosimeter

gel dosimeter

quartz fiber dosimeter

thermoluminescent dosimeter

scintillation spectrometer

clover detector

Fricke dosimeter

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Graph how they are related:

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LayeredGraphPlot[Flatten[rules],Left,VertexLabels(#Placed[#,After]&/@entities),AspectRatio1/GoldenRatio]

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Explore how many different physical quantities are measured by the family of particle detectors:

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pqs=EntityValueentities,

measured quantities

;DeleteDuplicates[Flatten[pqs]]

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{

ParticleCount

Momentum

ElectricCharge

Speed

Heat

Mass

Energy

CountRate

AbsorbedDoseOfIonizingRadiation

ElectricPotentialDifference

EquivalentDoseOfIonizingRadiation

EquivalentDoseRateOfIonizingRadiation

EffectiveDoseOfIonizingRadiation

LuminousIntensity

}

Find all heat-measuring devices in the family of particle detectors:

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MapThread[If[MemberQ[#2,QuantityVariable["Heat"]],#1,Nothing]&,{entities,pqs}]

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calorimeter

adiabatic calorimeter

bomb calorimeter

calvet-type calorimeter

cone calorimeter

constant-pressure calorimeter

differential scanning calorimeter

heat flow calorimeter

isothermal calorimeter

isothermal titration calorimeter

reaction calorimeter

microcalorimeter

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Examine which physical quantities are most commonly measured:

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Grid[Reverse[SortBy[Function[{x},{x,Count[pqs,_?(MemberQ[#,x]&)]}]/@DeleteDuplicates[Flatten[pqs]],Last]],FrameAll]

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Heat	12
AbsorbedDoseOfIonizingRadiation	7
Energy	6
CountRate	6
ElectricCharge	4
Speed	2
ParticleCount	1
Momentum	1
Mass	1
LuminousIntensity	1
EquivalentDoseRateOfIonizingRadiation	1
EquivalentDoseOfIonizingRadiation	1
ElectricPotentialDifference	1
EffectiveDoseOfIonizingRadiation	1

Visualize the quantities as a word cloud:

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WordCloud[QuantityVariablePhysicalQuantity/@Flatten[pqs]]

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