SLHC upgrade plans for the ATLAS pixel detector

0345120 - FZÚ 2011 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Šícho, Petr
SLHC upgrade plans for the ATLAS pixel detector.
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A. Roč. 607, č. 1 (2009), s. 31-34. ISSN 0168-9002. E-ISSN 1872-9576
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LA08032; GA MŠMT 1P04LA212
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10100502
Keywords : ATLAS pixel detector
Subject RIV: BF - Elementary Particles and High Energy Physics
Impact factor: 1.317, year: 2009

The ATLAS Pixel Detector is an 80 million channels silicon tracking system designed to detect charged tracks and secondary vertices with high precision. An upgrade of the ATLAS Pixel detector is presently being considered. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be upgraded to provide a ten fold increased luminosity leading to increased radiation doses and significantly higher occupancy in the region of the ATLAS Inner Detector and especially in the Pixel Detector. The extreme radiation levels at planed Super Large Hadron Collider (SLHC) lead to a number of specific design challenges for read-out integrated circuits, silicon sensors and optical signal transmission. Options considered for a new detector are discussed, as well as some important R&D activities, such as investigations towards novel detector geometries and novel processes.
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