Physics:Hermeticity

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A term used in calorimeters to describe maximal coverage for particles under all emission angles, combined with minimal leakage. A hermetic calorimeter allows the measurement of energy in all directions so as to infer, by forming vector sums, the energy that escapes unseen in the form of neutrinos. Hepb img54.gif Calorimeter.


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