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The ATLAS SCT: Commissioning experience and SLHC upgrade

Abstract

The ATLAS Semiconductor Tracker (SCT) has been installed, and fully connected to electrical, optical and cooling services. Commissioning has been performed both with calibration data and cosmic ray events. The cosmics were used to align the detector, measure the hit efficiency and set the timing. The SCT is now ready to take data when the LHC turns on this autumn. At the same time, it is clear that the present ATLAS tracker will need to be renewed for projected luminosity upgrade of the LHC, the SLHC. This is mainly driven by occupancy and radiation hardness issues. The new tracker will likely be entirely made of silicon, with the space of the present SCT largely taken up by detectors with much shorter strips. Several large-scale R and D projects on the sensors and module concepts for this upgrade are running, including sensor and module prototyping. We will report upon the commissioning experience from the SCT, use it to extract valuable lessons for future silicon tracker projects, and give an up-to-date overview of the status and results of the R and D efforts for the ATLAS tracker upgrade.
Authors:
Mitrevski, J. , E-mail: Jovan.Mitrevski@cern.ch [1] 
  1. Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (United States)
Publication Date:
Jun 01, 2009
Product Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment; Journal Volume: 604; Journal Issue: 1-2; Conference: PSD8: 8. international conference on position sensitive detectors, Glascow, Scotland (United Kingdom), 1-5 Sep 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.109; PII: S0168-9002(09)00175-2; Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; CALIBRATION; CERN LHC; COMMISSIONING; COOLING; COSMIC RADIATION; EFFICIENCY; LUMINOSITY; RADIATION HARDENING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SENSORS; SILICON
OSTI ID:
21298281
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; NIMAER; TRN: NL09S3212033370
Availability:
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.109;INIS
Submitting Site:
NLN
Size:
page(s) 288-292
Announcement Date:
Apr 29, 2010

Citation Formats

Mitrevski, J. , E-mail: Jovan.Mitrevski@cern.ch. The ATLAS SCT: Commissioning experience and SLHC upgrade. Netherlands: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.109.
Mitrevski, J. , E-mail: Jovan.Mitrevski@cern.ch. The ATLAS SCT: Commissioning experience and SLHC upgrade. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.109
Mitrevski, J. , E-mail: Jovan.Mitrevski@cern.ch. 2009. "The ATLAS SCT: Commissioning experience and SLHC upgrade." Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.109.
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title = {The ATLAS SCT: Commissioning experience and SLHC upgrade}
author = {Mitrevski, J. , E-mail: Jovan.Mitrevski@cern.ch}
abstractNote = {The ATLAS Semiconductor Tracker (SCT) has been installed, and fully connected to electrical, optical and cooling services. Commissioning has been performed both with calibration data and cosmic ray events. The cosmics were used to align the detector, measure the hit efficiency and set the timing. The SCT is now ready to take data when the LHC turns on this autumn. At the same time, it is clear that the present ATLAS tracker will need to be renewed for projected luminosity upgrade of the LHC, the SLHC. This is mainly driven by occupancy and radiation hardness issues. The new tracker will likely be entirely made of silicon, with the space of the present SCT largely taken up by detectors with much shorter strips. Several large-scale R and D projects on the sensors and module concepts for this upgrade are running, including sensor and module prototyping. We will report upon the commissioning experience from the SCT, use it to extract valuable lessons for future silicon tracker projects, and give an up-to-date overview of the status and results of the R and D efforts for the ATLAS tracker upgrade.}
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.109}
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year = {2009}
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