ATLAS Upgrade 2012
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: 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
| Description | Semiconductor detectors for use in ATLAS Upgrade project |
| Exploitation Route | Use in Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
| 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 |