Radiation Detection: From Signal to Observables

This lecture covers the comparison of gaseous detector types, scintillator types, and semiconductor detectors, emphasizing their characteristics, mechanisms, and applications in radiation detection. It also delves into counting statistics, uncertainty estimation, and statistical tests for counting, providing insights into critical limits, detection limits, and confidence intervals. The instructor discusses the importance of error propagation, optimization of experiments, and the interpretation of statistical results in the context of radiation detection.