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Electrical performance of a silicon micro-strip super-module prototype for the High-Luminosity LHC collider
A major luminosity upgrade for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) proton–proton collider at CERN is planned for ∼2022 to allow for peak luminosities of ∼5×1034cm−2s−1. The current inner tracker of the ATLAS experiment will be completely replaced to guarantee excellent tracking capabilities in an environment characterized by much higher detector occupancies and harsher radiation backgrounds as compared with the current LHC. The new tracker will be an all-silicon based system, with pixel detectors in the innermost layers and silicon micro-strip layers at outer radii. The so-called super-module concept is an integration solution proposed for the strip barrel region of the future ATLAS internal tracker. It consists of several double-sided silicon micro-strip modules assembled into a common light-weight support structure. A first electrical prototype of a super-module has been produced, aimed to exercise the readout chain and to investigate the noise performance of such a complex system. In this paper the super-module prototype is described and first electrical results are presented.
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Development of readout system for double-sided silicon strip modules
Y. Takubo ∗,a S. Gonzalez-Sevilla, c A. Clark, c M. Endo, b D. Ferrere, c K. Hanagaki, b Y. Ikegami, a S. Terada,a Y. Unno a and M. Weber c a High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaragi, Japan b Department of Physics, Osaka University 1-1 Machikaneyama Toyonaka Osaka, Japan c DPNC, University of Geneva 24, quai Ernest-Ansermet CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland E-mail: yosuke.takubo@kek.jp
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Development of SiTCP based DAQ system of double-sided silicon strip super-module
Abstract The super-module integration concept based on double-sided silicon strip modules has been developed for the future upgrade of the ATLAS detector. A super-module consists of 12 double-sided modules with 122 880 readout strips in total. Since the number of readout strips becomes very large to keep the hit occupancy at an acceptable level, the data readout is one of the key issues. A SiTCP based DAQ system has been developed by using the Soi EvAluation BoArd with Sitcp (SEABAS). The SEABAS processes the data by means of an FPGA (User-FPGA) and transfers data to a computer via Ether-net with the SiTCP protocol, which is a hardware implementation of TCP/IP on a FPGA device, enabling it to achieve high speed data transfers. The firmware and software have been developed for the SEABAS together with the readout hardware chain, and the basic functionality for reading out the super-module has been established.
109729787
Development of a silicon-microstrip super module prototype for the high luminosity LHC
Following the Phase II upgrade of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) currently foreseen in 2022–2023, the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) is expected to deliver a peak luminosity in excess of 5×1034cm−2s−1 and an integrated luminosity of order 3000fb−1 until 2033. The ATLAS Collaboration plans to replace the existing Inner Tracking Detector by a new tracker, with readout electronics as well as silicon pixel and strip sensor technology capable of maintaining the excellent tracking performance of the existing tracker in the severe radiation and high collision rate environment of the HL-LHC. The promising super-module integration concept extends the proven design of the existing barrel silicon strip tracker to the HL-LHC, with double-sided stereo silicon micro-strip modules assembled into a low mass local support structure. The Super-Module R&D program is described, with reference to HL-LHC requirements, and key prototype results are summarized.
116623294
EndCap Module Production for the ATLAS Silicon Tracker (SCT) at CERN and the University of Geneva
This note describes the infrastructure, procedure and quality assurance for the construction of approximately one third of the endcap modules for the ATLAS Semiconductor Tracker (SCT) by groups from the University of Geneva and CERN.
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Gluon Initiated Vector Boson Fusion
The gluon-gluon induced terms for Higgs production through vector-boson fusion are calculated. They are a finite and gauge-invariant subset of the NNLO corrections in the strong coupling constant. This is also the lowest order with t-channel colour exchange between the scattering quarks, leading to additional hadronic activity between the outgoing jets.
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Performances of 4-gap timing RPCs for relativistic ions in the range Z=1-6
Results from 4-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) under irradiation by fully stripped relativistic ions (normalized momentum p/M = γβ = 2.7, atomic charge Z = 1−6) are presented. A time resolution of 80 ps at high efficiency has been obtained by using standard `off the shelf' 4-gap timing RPCs from the new HADES time-of-flight wall. The resolution worsened to 100 ps for ~ 1 kHz/cm2 proton flux and for ~ 100 Hz/cm2 carbon flux. The chambers were operated at a field E = 100 kV/cm, showing a high stability during the measurements. It seems to exist ample room for improvement, in particular regarding the time resolution.
55139157
SLHC tracker upgrade: challenges and strategies in ATLAS
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be upgraded to the Super-LHC in ≈2016 to provide a ten-fold increased luminosity and data rate. The inner silicon tracking detectors of the ATLAS and CMS experiments will be replaced by even more powerful devices. The new detectors will face unprecedented particle densities and radiation levels. Limiting the power consumption of the front-end electronics, distributing power efficiently and minimizing detector mass, while keeping the costs of the detector affordable, are key challenges. Possible design solutions and the status of R&D for ATLAS are described.
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Calibration, alignment and tracking performance of the CMS silicon strip tracker
Abstract After its installation in the CMS experiment, the CMS silicon tracker has been commissioned, calibrated and aligned based on several million reconstructed tracks, recorded during extended cosmic ray data-taking in 2008 and 2009. The collision data at 900 GeV and 2.36 TeV which were recorded by the CMS experiment in December 2009 allowed to repeat the calibration measurements and derive compatible results. Calibration results are shown for the silicon strip detector only, whereas alignment and tracking performance are given for the complete CMS tracker, including the silicon pixel system.
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Performance of an electromagnetic lead/scintillating-fibre calorimeter for the H1 detector
Abstract The properties of final modules of a high resolution lead/scintillating-fibre calorimeter to upgrade the backward region of the H1 detector were studied with electrons in the energy range from 2–60 GeV. The electromagnetic calorimeter consists of scintillating fibres with a diameter of 0.5 mm embedded in a lead matrix. This small fibre radius, in combination with a lead-to-fibre ratio of 2.27:1, ensures excellent energy resolution which has been measured to be δ/E=7.1%/ E/GeV ⊕ 1.0% . The spatial resolution as a function of energy for impact points at the center of a cell is given by 4.4 mm/ E/GeV + 1.0 mm . The time resolution was found to be better than 0.4 ns.