[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Colloquium today at 12:30

[TRIUMF Seminars]

Date/Time: Wed 2016-02-24 at 12:30

Location:  Auditorium          

Speaker:   Nigel Hessey (NIKHEF)

Title:     ATLAS Inner Tracker Upgrade and looking beyond with GridPix

Abstract: The LHC will stop and be upgraded to the High Luminosity LHC around 2024. The target integrated luminosity of 3000 inverse-fb greatly increases the physics reach of ATLAS. The high instantaneous luminosity and radiation damage levels require a new inner tracker to realize the physics potential.

I will present the Strip design of this new tracker, with emphasis on improvements over the current SCT strip detector.

I will then look ahead to a promising new gaseous pixel detector called GridPix. This is a candidate for readout of a TPC in a detector at the International Linear Collider. While its high precision for tracking has been demonstrated, considerable development with MEMS technology is needed to improve its robustness. I will present on-going work for this.



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