Hadronic Calorimeter

• Hadrons (particles made of quarks) lose their energy in Had shower.

• Strong interactions with nuclei.

• Typical length scale for EM shower X0 ~ 1 cm.

• Typical length scale for Had shower ?I ~ 20 cm, so Had Calo deeper than EM Calo.

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