ATLAS Upgrade R&D 2016
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
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
Publications
Affolder A
(2016)
Charge collection studies in irradiated HV-CMOS particle detectors
in Journal of Instrumentation
Bates R
(2017)
High speed electrical transmission line design and characterization
in Journal of Instrumentation
Bates R
(2017)
Thin hybrid pixel assembly with backside compensation layer on ROIC
in Journal of Instrumentation
Bates R
(2017)
Thin hybrid pixel assembly fabrication development with backside compensation layer
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Fadeyev V
(2016)
Investigation of HV/HR-CMOS technology for the ATLAS Phase-II Strip Tracker Upgrade
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Kanisauskas K
(2017)
Radiation hardness studies of AMS HV-CMOS 350 nm prototype chip HVStripV1
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
Poley L
(2016)
Characterisation of strip silicon detectors for the ATLAS Phase-II Upgrade with a micro-focused X-ray beam
in Journal of Instrumentation
Sperlich D
(2019)
Signals from fluorescent materials on the surface of silicon micro-strip sensors
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Ullán M
(2016)
Embedded pitch adapters: A high-yield interconnection solution for strip sensors
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
| Description | This continues previous work on the development of pixel modules for the ATLAS Tracker Upgrade. New sensor designs have been developed that are compatible with the new readout chip. modules made with sensors bump-bonded to readout chips have been tested in the lab and testbeam, both unirradiated and irradiated. Large "quad" modules have also been made and these have allowed the UK construction sites to exercise the module assembly tooling and methods. |
| Exploitation Route | The results of the research are published in peer reviewed journals and presented at international conferences. Sensor systems could be exploited in security and health, as well as areas of research e.g. synchrotron science |
| Sectors | Electronics,Healthcare,Security and Diplomacy |
| Description | Sensors developed with Micron semiconductor have been used to qualify Micron semiconductor for the CERN Market Survey for pixel sensors for the ATLAS Upgrade. Using sensors developed by this project. Micron qualified for Step-2 of the market survey. They are now taking part in step-3. If they pass then they will be able to bid to supply silicon pixel sensors for ATLAS pixel upgrade, value ~£500k-£1M. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Electronics |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | ATLAS UK Phase-II upgrade |
| Amount | £571,284 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/R002460/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | PPGP Capital Equipment Round 2016 |
| Amount | £190,026 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/P005853/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | ATLAS Collaboration |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | CERN LHC ATLAS |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Construction, maintenance and operation of SCT tracking system, Level 1 Calorimeter Trigger, High Level Trigger and Computing & Software. Analysis of physics data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Construction, maintenance and operation of ATLAS experiment. Analysis of physics data. |
| Impact | 812 peer reviewed journals articles (as of January 2019) on results of analysis of ATLAS data, including the discovery of the Higgs boson. Capability and skills development: Around 40PhD students per year many of whom move into industry, commerce and the public sector after graduating. ATLAS PhD students typically acquire very high levels of expertise in areas such as detector development, electronics, software design and big data analytics, and these skills, together with the experience of working in a large international collaboration, make our students highly sought-after by employers in the wider economy as well as within academia. STFC Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) in Data Intensive Science (DIS), in which ATLAS-UK physicists have been playing a leading role over the past two years. Our training of students and PDRAs, through these Centres, directly supports the first two pillars of the government's Industrial Strategy, as well as one of the Eight Great Technologies identified by the government, by helping to prepare the UK workforce for opportunities in the rapidly growing data science driven market sectors. The bespoke training programmes offered by these CDTs has been designed with input from industry partners and these partners are actively involved in the delivery of training. Public engagement: The hugely-positive publicity surrounding the LHC and particularly the discovery of the Higgs boson by ATLAS and CMS in 2012 have demonstrated the general public's great interest in this area. The importance of experiments with the scale and vision of ATLAS in inspiring a scientifically and technologically literate culture seems indisputable. Dissemination is a routine activity for ATLAS-UK physicists. Examples include frequent talks to students at schools across the UK and at events such as the Cheltenham Science Festival, interviews for local, national and international media, social media posts, podcasts, and exhibits at events, such as the Royal Society Summer Exhibition. ATLAS-UK Physicists have been playing a leading role in many Particle Physics Masterclasses organized annually across the UK, including the largest one at RAL with over 700 students per year. A key activity in these Masterclasses is the search for the Higgs boson in ATLAS data, which uses a simplified version of the ATLAS Event Display software developed by ATLAS-UK physicists, and which is used globally. Several episodes of Horizon (BBC2) have focused on ATLAS and featured ATLAS-UK physicists. The resources employed in the outreach activities include the time and enthusiasm of all those involved in the project, be they students, PDRAs, engineers or academics. In addition, we have close relations with the CERN press office and have worked well with STFC staff on this too. There have been many recent visits to CERN by MPs, MSPs and Government Ministers. |
| Description | ATLAS Upgrade collaboration |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | ATLAS Collaboration |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UK participates in the following upgrade projects: Tracker, L1 calorimeter trigger, L1 track trigger, High Level Trigger and Computing & Software Within the the tracker the UK has made significant contributions to the development of radiation hard sensors, readout electronics, module assembly and construction of local and global mechanical supports. UK physicists hold a number of international leadership roles within the Tracker Upgrade Collaboration, including the project leader. Within the L1 calorimeter trigger, the UK is responsible for the design, construction and commissioning of the eFEX and ROD boards. The UK is one of the main proponents of the L1 Track Trigger programme and is providing studies of the impact on the physics, designing the data flow and implementing within the strip readout. The UK provides expertise and leadership in a number of areas within the High Level Trigger, covering muon and electron signatures and global and tracking software. Within Computing & Software the UK provides expertise in developing the simulation and tracking software for high multiplicity environments and taking advantages of new computing architectures. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The international ATLAS Upgrade programme consists of contributions from about 174 institutions (the UK is 15 of the 174). Our partners bring funding that makes the large undertaking of upgrading the ATLAS experiment possible. Our partners provide complementary expertise to the UK and take responsibility for other areas of the project. |
| Impact | ~600 scientific papers and reports from 2010-present. The project brings together experts in many disciplines: Physics, mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, computing & software |
| Description | Edinburgh workshop June 2019 |
| 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 | I lead the international design and development effort for the endcap pixel detector structures ("mechanics") for the ATLAS ITk, the planned 2025 upgrade to the inner tracking portion of ATLAS. My team of about 60 physicists, engineers and technicians from the UK, Italy and Russia have designed an elegant and performant system of ring-shaped supports and services (cooling, power, and readout) and are currently proving the design with prototypes and undergoing intensive design reviews. In June of 2019 all the people involved in the project met in Edinburgh to compare and share manufacturing techniques for the support structures, and to coordinate the design of different components of of the electrical services and cooling infrastructure, some of which are being developed in the UK and some of which are being developed in Italy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://indico.cern.ch/event/816045/ |
| Description | Genoa workshop February 2019 |
| 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 | I lead the international design and development effort for the endcap pixel detector structures ("mechanics") for the ATLAS ITk, the planned 2025 upgrade to the inner tracking portion of ATLAS. My team of about 40 physicists, engineers and technicians from the UK and Italy have designed an elegant and performant system of ring-shaped supports and services (cooling, power, and readout) and are currently proving the design with prototypes. In February of 2019 a group of us met in Genoa to compare and share manufacturing techniques for the support structures, and to coordinate the design of different components of of the electrical services, some of which are being developed in the UK and some of which are being developed in Italy. It was particularly use to take our UK engineers along and have them do hands-on work in the labs at Genoa together with the Italian engineers and technicians. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://indico.cern.ch/event/783223/ |
| Description | UK-Italy 2018 Pixel Fest |
| 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 | I lead the international design and development effort for the endcap pixel detector structures ("mechanics") for the ATLAS ITk, the planned 2025 upgrade to the inner tracking portion of ATLAS. My team of about 40 physicists, engineers and technicians from the UK and Italy have designed an elegant and performant system of ring-shaped supports and services (cooling, power, and readout) and are currently proving the design with prototypes. We are also developing detailed production and assembly procedures. In June of 2018 we met in Milan to exchange ideas and present the recent progress, current status and plans for the individual R&D projects which, taken together, form the whole project. A particularly important outcome of this workshop was a detailed plan for the Preliminary Design Review which we passed at CERN in September 2018, enabling us to carry on to the final design stage. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://indico.cern.ch/event/727407/ |