Tag: DT
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VeloPix, a new hybrid pixel readout ASIC for the upgrade of the VELO detector of LHCb.
VeloPix, a new hybrid pixel readout ASIC for the upgrade of the VELO detector of LHCb. The LHCb-VELO group, which is composed of several institutes from the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Russia, Brazil and CERN are constructing an upgraded version of the VErtex LOcator (VELO) to be installed and commissioned during the long shutdown LS2 in
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DT’s 2018 annual report
DT's 2018 annual report The EP-DT group has published its Annual Report where key activities throughout 2017 are summarized and a description is given of how the group is organized and interacts with the detector physics community. The Detector Technologies group participates in the development, construction, operation and maintenance of particle detectors for experiments at
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Setting a roadmap for future experimental technologies
Setting a roadmap for future experimental technologies In elementary-particle physics as in most fields of science, advances in understanding are closely coupled to advances in technology. Machines of higher luminosity open opportunities for the observation of rare and unexpected processes while higher-energy accelerators are needed to cross thresholds for suspected new phenomena. Advances in accelerator
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A new database of irradiation facilities
A new database of irradiation facilities Detector and accelerator developers need irradiation facilities to test their components under conditions that are as close as possible to real applications, as well as to predict and prevent failures in materials. The foreseen high-luminosity upgrade of the LHC (HL-LHC) and future accelerator projects like the Future Circular Collider
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A portable gas system for particle detectors.
A portable gas system for particle detectors. Today, about 30 gas systems are used to deliver the right gas mixture to the corresponding gaseous detectors at the LHC experiments. The detector gas mixture is the sensitive medium where the charge multiplication produces the signal that is then recorded and analysed. The correct and stable gas
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An exceptional year for the EP-DT proton irradiation facility IRRAD
An exceptional year for the EP-DT proton irradiation facility IRRAD The CERN proton irradiation facility (IRRAD) at the PS East Area has been designed and built during LS1 to cope with the increasing need for irradiation experiments of the EP experimental community, working for the High-Luminosity upgrade of the LHC and beyond. This new facility
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RADECS 2017 meeting in Geneva
RADECS 2017 meeting in Geneva RADECS (RADiation Effects on Components and Systems) is the yearly European conference gathering world-class scientists in the field of radiation effects in electronics devices and systems. This year the conference has been organised by the partnership between CERN and CNES, the French Space Agency, and has taken place on October
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Scintillation light at the end of the tunnel
Scintillation light at the end of the tunnel The LHC Long Shutdown 2 (LS2) is approaching in giant steps and with it the date for the installation of the LHCb upgrade detectors. A large SciFi tracker will replace the current downstream trackers SciFi stands for scintillating fibre and means that the fibres will produce tiny
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Upgrade of the Magnet Safety System for Experimental Magnets
Upgrade of the Magnet Safety System for Experimental Magnets The Magnet Safety System (MSS) is a critical system that ensures the safety of experimental magnets, both warm and superconducting. It was developed within EP-DT for the LHC experiments, starting at the end of the 90’s, in the framework of the overall Magnets Control Project (MCP).
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Superconducting Magnets for Particle Detectors
Superconducting Magnets for Particle Detectors BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://ep-news.web.cern.ch//content/superconducting-magnets-particle-detectors) Experimental particle physics at the energy frontier has been performed with colliding beam accelerators and particle detectors. Superconducting magnets for these detectors and for physics experiments including astroparticle physics have much advanced in the past years based on advancements in superconductivity. In