ATLAS Upgrade R&D 2016

Lead Research Organisation: Royal Holloway, Univ of London
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
 
Description This grant funds an ongoing research programme to investigate and develop upgrades to the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, so that it is equipped to collect much higher data volumes than it can at present. The upgrades being developed with this funding are to the "trigger system" of the experiment, which is tasked with the crucial selection of interesting proton-proton collisions (out of 40 million such collisions occurring every second), to be analysed later. More specifically associated with this grant was work developed related with the core infrastructure of the trigger software as well as simulation studies related with the construction of a novel trigger approach associated with including tracking information in the trigger decision.
Exploitation Route The findings from this grant may eventually result in applications in other areas, such as electronics, algorithms and software.
Sectors Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software)

Education

Electronics
URL http://atlas.cern/updates/atlas-news/preparing-ATLAS-for-future
 
Description A very significant indirect non-academic impact of the research carried out in this grant is the training of research physicists who, in many cases, go on to jobs with high value to society and the economy (in engineering, industry, technology, finance, teaching, etc). There is also a societal impact from the excitement and interest into physics that this research provides. For example from news media articles like: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44484062
First Year Of Impact 2017
Sector Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Electronics
Impact Types Cultural

Societal

Economic
 
Description Particle Physics Masterclass 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Students from local Sixth Form colleges come to spend a day listening to talks about Particle Physics and do hands on activities. The teachers also attend and participate in the activities. There are between 30 and 60 students who attend in any given year. The students get introduced to research being done in this field and ask questions. The teachers also learn about this subject which increases their confidence and they can choose to have follow up discussions in school. The surveys are very positive.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2021,2022,2023