ATLAS Upgrade 2012
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
Refer to ATLAS-UK upgrade proposal to PPRP: "UPGRADING THE ATLAS EXPERIMENT FOR THE LUMINOSITY FRONTIER AT THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER" PPRP meeting, September 2012
Planned Impact
Refer to ATLAS-UK upgrade proposal to PPRP: "UPGRADING THE ATLAS EXPERIMENT FOR THE LUMINOSITY FRONTIER AT THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER" PPRP meeting, September 2012
Organisations
- University of Liverpool (Lead Research Organisation)
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN (Collaboration)
- University of Surrey (Collaboration)
- The Proton Radiotherapy Verification and Dosimetry Applications Consortium (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- THE CHRISTIE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST (Collaboration)
- Micron Semiconductor (Collaboration)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Philip Allport (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Allport P
(2013)
Results with p-type pixel sensors with different geometries for the HL-LHC
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Allport P
(2014)
Development of planar pixel modules for the ATLAS high luminosity LHC tracker upgrade
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Díez S
(2014)
A double-sided, shield-less stave prototype for the ATLAS Upgrade strip tracker for the High Luminosity LHC
in Journal of Instrumentation
Gonzalez-Sevilla S
(2014)
A double-sided silicon micro-strip Super-Module for the ATLAS Inner Detector upgrade in the High-Luminosity LHC
in Journal of Instrumentation
Hara K
(2016)
Charge collection and field profile studies of heavily irradiated strip sensors for the ATLAS inner tracker upgrade
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Hommels L
(2016)
Detailed studies of full-size ATLAS12 sensors
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Mahboubi K
(2014)
The front-end hybrid for the ATLAS HL-LHC silicon strip tracker
in Journal of Instrumentation
Mikestikova M
(2016)
Study of surface properties of ATLAS12 strip sensors and their radiation resistance
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Milovanovic M
(2014)
Silicon sensors with various pixel geometries adapted for a common readout ASIC
in Journal of Instrumentation
Mori R
(2016)
Evaluation of the performance of irradiated silicon strip sensors for the forward detector of the ATLAS Inner Tracker Upgrade
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
| Description | Proton therapy and establishing UK lead in HL-LHC programme. Development of highly radiation-hard sensors with UK industry. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2009 |
| Sector | Electronics,Healthcare |
| Impact Types | Societal Economic |
| Description | House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Improved appreciation of value of research in pure sciences for longer term economic gains |
| Description | IFCA Seminar |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Presentation to Particle Physics Laboratory Leaders and key Funding Agencies |
| URL | http://indico.ihep.ac.cn/event/3867/ |
| Description | Organiser of EUCARD2 "Ion Beam Therapy: Clinical, Scientific and Technical Challenges" |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Multi-disciplinary meeting of primarily healthcare professionals involved with hadron radiotherapy |
| URL | http://eucard2.web.cern.ch/events/ion-beam-therapy-clinical-scientific-and-technical-challenges |
| Description | Horizon 2020 |
| Amount | € 10,000,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | GA no. 654168 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 04/2015 |
| End | 05/2019 |
| Description | Proton Radiotherapy Verification and Dosimetry Applications |
| Amount | £1,650,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 098285. |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Department | Wellcome Trust Translation Award |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2012 |
| End | 07/2017 |
| Title | Detectors being developed for future hadron colliders and hadron radiotherapy |
| Description | The technology developed for the HL-LHC is being applied within the PRaVDA Consortium for developing fast radiation-hard tracking detectors for proton therapy. For the PRaVDA full-scale demonstrator system, half the modules in the device were built at Birmingham and all the final assembly was carried out at Birmingham with testing at the Medical Physics cyclotron. (This work on medical applications also builds on the activities of the Mi3 Consortium funded by a Joint Research Council Basic Technology Award in 2008.) . In addition, work in this area links to the CERN ENLIGHT network (http://enlight.web.cern.ch/) and the STFC Global Challenge Network+ in Advanced Radiotherapy. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | PRaVDA has been an IET Innovation Award winner for 2014 for Model based Engineering and was selected by IET members to be part of an exhibition of "100 Ideas that Changed the World" (see http://savoyplace.theiet.org/ engineering-hub/discover/100-ideas/index.cfm). It was also one of only 22 projects featured in the Royal Society Summer Exhibition for 2014 (http://sse.royalsociety.org/2014/treating-cancer/) |
| Description | ATLAS ITK |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | CERN LHC ATLAS |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Chair of the Institute Board with 100 international members |
| Collaborator Contribution | International programme on Tracker Upgrade with 100 institutes from 22 countries working towards the 120MCHF (equipment costs only does not include salaries) main upgrade programme of ATLAS for the HL-LHC |
| Impact | Particle Physics |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ATLAS Upgrade |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | CERN LHC ATLAS |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | 2011-2015 ATLAS Upgrade Coordinator 2011-2015 Member ATLAS Executive Board |
| Collaborator Contribution | ATLAS consists of 3000 physicists from 177 institutes in 35 countries |
| Impact | CERN-LHCC-2011-012, CERN-LHCC-2012-022, CERN-LHCC-2013-006, CERN-LHCC-2013-007, CERN-LHCC-2013-017, CERN-LHCC-2013-018, CERN-LHCC-2015-009, ECFA-15-289 and ECFA-13-284. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | ELIGHT |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | CERN - Other |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Proton Therapy within PRaVDA and STFC Network+ |
| Collaborator Contribution | See link below |
| Impact | Hadron radiotherapy and novel detector developments. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Micron |
| Organisation | Micron Semiconductor |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | CASE Studentship |
| Collaborator Contribution | Silicon Strip Detectors for Proton Therapy and Pixels for ATLAS |
| Impact | Publications, new grants, PRaVDA sensors |
| Description | PRAVDA |
| Organisation | The Proton Radiotherapy Verification and Dosimetry Applications Consortium |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Tracking detectors |
| Collaborator Contribution | DAQ and Range Telescope |
| Impact | Wellcome Trust Supported Collaboration for Proton Therapy |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | PRAVDA |
| Organisation | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Tracking detectors |
| Collaborator Contribution | DAQ and Range Telescope |
| Impact | Wellcome Trust Supported Collaboration for Proton Therapy |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | PRAVDA |
| Organisation | University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Tracking detectors |
| Collaborator Contribution | DAQ and Range Telescope |
| Impact | Wellcome Trust Supported Collaboration for Proton Therapy |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | PRAVDA |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Tracking detectors |
| Collaborator Contribution | DAQ and Range Telescope |
| Impact | Wellcome Trust Supported Collaboration for Proton Therapy |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | PRAVDA |
| Organisation | University of Lincoln |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Tracking detectors |
| Collaborator Contribution | DAQ and Range Telescope |
| Impact | Wellcome Trust Supported Collaboration for Proton Therapy |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | PRAVDA |
| Organisation | University of Surrey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Tracking detectors |
| Collaborator Contribution | DAQ and Range Telescope |
| Impact | Wellcome Trust Supported Collaboration for Proton Therapy |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Proton Therapy |
| Organisation | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Proton Tracking |
| Collaborator Contribution | Proton Facilities and Planned Proton Therapy Facilities |
| Impact | STFC Awards |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Proton Therapy |
| Organisation | The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Proton Tracking |
| Collaborator Contribution | Proton Facilities and Planned Proton Therapy Facilities |
| Impact | STFC Awards |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Title | ASSEMBLY, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD |
| Description | Some embodiments of the present invention provide apparatus having a particle beamline for passage of charged particles of radiation therealong, comprising: a first beam tracker structure comprising at least one position sensitive detector (PSD) for determining a location with respect to a cross-sectional area of the beam line at which particles pass through the PSD; energy discrimination apparatus for determining an energy of particles that have passed through the first beam tracker structure; and support means for supporting a subject in a path of a particle along the beamline between the first beam tracker structure and the energy discrimination apparatus, the apparatus being configured to be operated in a selected one of a first mode and a second mode, the apparatus being configured, in the first mode of operation, to control an energy of the beam of charged particles passing through the first beam tracker structure such that a Bragg peak of charged particle absorption is located within the subject, and in the second mode of operation, to control an energy of the beam of charged particles passing through the first beam tracker structure such that a Bragg peak of charged particle absorption is located within the energy discrimination apparatus. |
| IP Reference | WO2015189603 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2015 |
| Licensed | Commercial In Confidence |
| Impact | New funding from EPSRC |
| Description | "Task 11.5: UoB MC40 Cyclotron, United Kingdom" (AIDA-2020 First Annual Workshop, DESY 2016) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Horizon 2020 European Union funded AIDA-2020 proposal (GA no. 654168) with €10M in support of detector R&D |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://aida2020.web.cern.ch/content/uob |
| Description | Advanced Technologies for Detectors (International Committee for Future Accelerators) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | By invitation only: International Committee for Future Accelerators, Beijing 2014. Meeting of leading experts, lab directors and policy makers in particle physics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | CERN Courier |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
| Results and Impact | January 2014 CERN Courier Journal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Detector R&D for Collider and Underground Experiments |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EPS-HEP Conference 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://eps-hep2017.eu/ |
| Description | Detector R&D for Particle Physics (International Conference on High Energy Physics ICHEP, Valencia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Plenary talk at the main HEP conference (International Conference on High Energy Physics ICHEP) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://ichep2014.es/ |
| Description | Detector Technologies for Future Colliders (Strategic Workshop on High Energy Particle Physics, Zurich 2016) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation and seminar at workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | From Hadron Colldiers to Hadron Therapy Seminar RHUL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | HEP Group Seminar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | From Higgs to Healthcare (Oxford University Seminar) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Seminar Oxford Physics Department |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | From High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider to Hadron Therapy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | invited colloquium at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (28/3/2018) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Intelligent Front-End Signal Processing for Frontier Exploitation in Research and Industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Leaders in particle physics talking mostly to students and post-docs working in instrumentation applications Web pages |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | LHC Detector Upgrades 10th Annual Meeting of the Helmholtz Alliance "Physics at the Terascale", Hamburg 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at DESY |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Neston High School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Around 15-20 students per year taken to CERN Media coverage and one student addressed the Science and Technology Select Committee. (Neston MP is Andre Miller) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| Description | Royal Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Open workshop organized by Royal society on Particle Physics after the Higgs discovery recording |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Talk to Weatherhead High School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk on particle physics to Weatherhead High School |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | liverpool Leader |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Type Of Presentation | Paper Presentation |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A full glossy pull-out in the Liverpool Post identified a number of people as "Liverpool Leaders (Knowledge)" in 2013. Glossy pull-out distributed with Liverpool Post (main regional paper for Liverpool) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |