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Title: Long-Term Running Experience with the Silicon Micro-Strip

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1030727

The Silicon Microstrip Tracker (SMT) at the D0 experiment in the Fermilab Tevatron collider has been operating since 2001. In 2006, an additional layer, referred to as Layer 0, was installed to improve impact parameter resolution and compensate for detector degradation due to radiation damage to the original innermost SMT layer. The SMT detector provides valuable tracking and vertexing information for the experiment. This talk will highlight aspects of the long term operation of the SMT, including the impact of the silicon readout test stand. Due to the full integration of the test stand into the D0 trigger framework, this test stand provides a valuable tool for training new experts and studying subtle effects in the SMT while minimizing impact on the global data acquisition.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1030727
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-11-461-PPD; TRN: US1106037
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at 2nd International Conference on Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics 2011: TIPP 2011, Chicago, Illinois, 9-14 Jun 2011
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English