Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Editors; Part I Review; Silicon Sensors in Experimental High Energy Physics Experiments; 1 Historical Perspective; 1.1 Semiconductor Detectors; 1.2 First Use of Silicon Detectors in HEP; 2 Basics of Si Detectors and the Principle of Operation; 2.1 Basic Properties of Silicon; 2.2 Fabrication of a Si Detector; 2.3 Operational Principle of Si Detectors; 2.4 Types of Si Detectors; 3 Radiation Damage; 3.1 Bulk Damage; 3.2 Surface Damage; 3.3 Radiation Damage Modelling; 4 CMS HPK Campaign for Phase II Strip Tracker Upgrade

4.1 Polarity of the Substrate4.2 Geometry of Detector; 4.3 Choice of Isolation Technique; 4.4 Detector Fabrication at DU; References; Detectors for Nuclear Physics; 1 Introduction; 2 Scope of Detection in Fundamental Nuclear Physics; 3 Development of Gas Detectors; 4 Development of a Charged-Particle Detector Array (CPDA); 5 Development of Neutron Detectors; 6 Summary; References; Detector Development Activities at IUAC; 1 Introduction; 2 Multiwire Proportional Counters (MWPCs); 3 Gas Ionization Chambers (ICs); 4 Detector System for Fission Mass Distribution Experiments

5 Focal Plane Detector Systems for Mass Spectrometers6 Detector System for Multi-nucleon Transfer; 7 Hybrid Telescope Array for Reaction Dynamics; 8 CsI based Charged Particle Array; 9 Annular Parallel Plate Proportional Counter (APPPC); 10 Charged Particle Detectors for NUSTAR LEB; References; PET: A High Threshold Nuclear Track Detector (NTD) for Rare Event Search; 1 Introduction; 2 Nuclear Track Detectors (NTD); 3 Signature of Strangelets and Monopoles in NTD; 4 Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) as NTD; 5 Pilot Studies at High Mountain Altitudes; 6 Conclusion; References

Detectors for Non-accelerator Particle Physics1 Introduction; 2 Gas Proportional Chambers; 3 Scintillation Detectors; 4 Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs); 5 Summary and Conclusions; References; Device Physics Simulation of Gaseous Ionization Detectors; 1 Introduction; 2 Background; 2.1 Simulation Framework; 2.2 Computation of Primary Ionization; 2.3 Computation of Transport Properties; 2.4 Computation of Electric Field; 2.5 Computation of Induced Signal; 3 Case Studies; 3.1 Time Resolution of a Triple-GEM Detector; 3.2 Time Resolution of MRPC; 4 Conclusion; References; Part II Contributory Oral

Experimental Studies of Ion Backflow for a Bulk Micromegas Detector Using Various Argon-Based Gas Mixtures1 Introduction; 2 Experimental Set-up; 3 Experimental Results; 4 Conclusion; References; Study of Characteristics of Quadruple GEM Detector with Different Gas Flow Rates; 1 Introduction; 2 Detector Configuration; 3 Results; 4 Summary and Outlooks; References; Comparison of Si, Ge, and Diamond Sensors for Using It in HEP Experiments; 1 Simulation for Energy Loss and Charge Created by MIP; 2 Concept of Detector; 3 Estimation of Signal-to-Noise Ratio