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Radiation-hard ASICs for optical data transmission in the ATLAS pixel detector

We have developed two radiation-hard ASICs for optical data transmission in the ATLAS pixel detector at the LHC at CERN: a driver chip for a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) diode for 80 Mbit/s data transmission from the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 K. K. Gan

ATLAS Pixel Opto-Electronics

We have developed two radiation-hard ASICs for optical data transmission in the ATLAS pixel detector at the LHC at CERN: a driver chip for a Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) diode for 80 Mbit/s data transmission from the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-04-26 K. E. Arms , P. Buchholz , K. K. Gan , M. Holder , P. Jackson , M. Johnson , H. Kagan , R. Kass , A. M. Rahimi , A. Roggenbuck , C. Rush , P. Schade , S. Smith , R. Ter-Antonian , M. Ziolkowski , M. M. Zoeller

Performance of the Electromagnetic Pixel Calorimeter Prototype EPICAL-2

The first evaluation of an ultra-high granularity digital electromagnetic calorimeter prototype using 1.0-5.8 GeV/c electrons is presented. The $25\times10^6$ pixel detector consists of 24 layers of ALPIDE CMOS MAPS sensors, with a pitch of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-15 J. Alme , R. Barthel , A. van Bochove , V. Borshchov , R. Bosley , A. van den Brink , E. Broeils , H. Büsching , V. N. Eikeland , O. S. Groettvik , Y. H. Han , N. van der Kolk , J. H. Kim , T. J. Kim , Y. Kwon , M. Mager , Q. W. Malik , E. Okkinga , T. Y. Park , T. Peitzmann , F. Pliquett , M. Protsenko , F. Reidt , S. van Rijk , K. Røed , T. S. Rogoschinski , D. Röhrich , M. J. Rossewij , G. B. Ruis , E. H. Solheim , I. Tymchuk , K. Ullaland , N. K. Watson , H. Yokoyama

ALICE EMCal Physics Performance Report

The ALICE detector at the LHC (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) will carry out comprehensive measurements of high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions, in order to study QCD matter under extreme conditions and the phase transtion between…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Rene Bellwied

Very forward calorimeters for future electron-positron colliders

Detectors at future $e^+e^-$ colliders need special calorimeters in the very forward region for a fast estimate and precise measurement of the luminosity, to improve the hermeticity and mask the central tracking detectors from backscattered…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-01-24 Ivan Smiljanic

Radiation studies performed on the High Luminosity ATLAS TileCal link Daughterboard

The new electronics of the ATLAS Tile Calorimeter for the HL-LHC interfaces the on-detector and off-detector electronics by means of a Daughterboard. The Daughterboard is positioned on-detector featuring commercial SFPs+, CERN GBTx ASICs,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-03 Eduardo Valdes Santurio , Samuel Silverstein , Katherine Dunne , Christian Bohm , Holger Motzkau , Christophe Clement , Suhyun Lee

Performance of the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter prototype to charged pion beams of 20$-$300 GeV/c

The upgrade of the CMS experiment for the high luminosity operation of the LHC comprises the replacement of the current endcap calorimeter by a high granularity sampling calorimeter (HGCAL). The electromagnetic section of the HGCAL is based…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-05-30 B. Acar , G. Adamov , C. Adloff , S. Afanasiev , N. Akchurin , B. Akgün , M. Alhusseini , J. Alison , J. P. Figueiredo de sa Sousa de Almeida , P. G. Dias de Almeida , A. Alpana , M. Alyari , I. Andreev , U. Aras , P. Aspell , I. O. Atakisi , O. Bach , A. Baden , G. Bakas , A. Bakshi , S. Banerjee , P. DeBarbaro , P. Bargassa , D. Barney , F. Beaudette , F. Beaujean , E. Becheva , A. Becker , P. Behera , A. Belloni , T. Bergauer , M. El Berni , M. Besancon , S. Bhattacharya , S. Bhattacharya , D. Bhowmik , B. Bilki , S. Bilokin , G. C. Blazey , F. Blekman , P. Bloch , A. Bodek , M. Bonanomi , J. Bonis , A. Bonnemaison , S. Bonomally , J. Borg , F. Bouyjou , N. Bower , D. Braga , L. Brennan , E. Brianne , E. Brondolin , P. Bryant , E. Buhmann , P. Buhmann , A. Butler-Nalin , O. Bychkova , S. Callier , D. Calvet , K. Canderan , K. Cankocak , X. Cao , A. Cappati , B. Caraway , S. Caregari , C. Carty , A. Cauchois , L. Ceard , D. S. Cerci , S. Cerci , G. Cerminara , M. Chadeeva , N. Charitonidis , R. Chatterjee , J. A. Chen , Y. M. Chen , H. J. Cheng , K. Y. Cheng , H. Cheung , D. Chokheli , M. Cipriani , D. Čoko , F. Couderc , E. Cuba , M. Danilov , D. Dannheim , W. Daoud , I. Das , P. Dauncey , G. Davies , O. Davignon , E. Day , P. Debbins , M. M. Defranchis , E. Delagnes , Z. Demiragli , U. Demirbas , G. Derylo , D. Diaz , L. Diehl , P. Dinaucourt , G. G. Dincer , J. Dittmann , M. Dragicevic , S. Dugad , F. Dulucq , I. Dumanoglu , M. Dünser , S. Dutta , V. Dutta , T. K. Edberg , F. Elias , L. Emberger , S. C. Eno , Yu. Ershov , S. Extier , F. Fahim , C. Fallon , K. Sarbandi Fard , G. Fedi , L. Ferragina , L. Forthomme , E. Frahm , G. Franzoni , J. Freeman , T. French , K. Gadow , P. Gandhi , S. Ganjour , X. Gao , M. T. Ramos Garcia , A. Garcia-Bellido , E. Garutti , F. Gastaldi , D. Gastler , Z. Gecse , A. Germer , H. Gerwig , O. Gevin , S. Ghosh , A. Gilbert , W. Gilbert , K. Gill , C. Gingu , S. Gninenko , A. Golunov , I. Golutvin , B. Gonultas , N. Gorbounov , P. Göttlicher , L. Gouskos , C. Graf , A. B. Gray , C. Grieco , S. Gr\"önroos , Y. Gu , F. Guilloux , E. Gurpinar Guler , Y. Guler , E. Gülmez , J. Guo , H. Gutti , A. Hakimi , M. Hammer , O. Hartbrich , H. M. Hassanshahi , K. Hatakeyama , E. Hazen , A. Heering , V. Hegde , U. Heintz , D. Heuchel , N. Hinton , J. Hirschauer , J. Hoff , W. S. Hou , X. Hou , H. Hua , S. Huck , A. Hussain , J. Incandela , A. Irles , A. Irshad , C. Isik , S. Jain , J. Jaroslavceva , H. R. Jheng , U. Joshi , K. Kaadze , V. Kachanov , L. Kalipoliti , A. Kaminskiy , A. R. Kanuganti , Y. W. Kao , A. Kapoor , O. Kara , A. Karneyeu , O. Kałuzińska , M. Kaya , O. Kaya , Y. Kazhykharim , F. A. Khan , A. Khukhunaishvili , J. Kieseler , M. Kilpatrick , S. Kim , K. Koetz , T. Kolberg , M. Komm , O. K. Köseyan , V. Kraus , M. Krawczyk , K. Kristiansen , A. Kristić , M. Krohn , B. Kronheim , K. Krüger , S. Kulis , M. Kumar , S. Kunori , C. M. Kuo , V. Kuryatkov , J. Kvasnicka , S. Kyre , Y. Lai , K. Lamichhane , G. Landsberg , C. Lange , J. Langford , S. Laurien , M. Y. Lee , S. W. Lee , A. G. Stahl Leiton , A. Levin , A. Li , J. H. Li , Y. Y. Li , Z. Liang , H. Liao , Z. Lin , D. Lincoln , L. Linssen , R. Lipton , G. Liu , Y. Liu , A. Lobanov , V. Lohezic , D. Lomidze , R. S. Lu , S. Lu , M. Lupi , I. Lysova , A. -M. Magnan , F. Magniette , A. Mahjoub , S. Martens , M. Matysek , B. Meier , A. Malakhov , S. Mallios , I. Mandjavize , M. Mannelli , J. Mans , A. Marchioro , A. Martelli , G. Martinez , P. Masterson , M. Matthewman , S. N. Mayekar , A. David , S. Coco , B. Meng , A . Menkel , A. Mestvirishvili , G. Milella , I. Mirza , S. Moccia , G. B. Mohanty , F. Monti , F. W. Moortgat , I. Morrissey , J. Motta , S. Murthy , J. Musić , Y. Musienko , S. Nabili , M. Nguyen , A. Nikitenko , D. Noonan , D. Noonan , M. Noy , K. Nurdan , M. Wulansatiti Nursanto , C. Ochando , N. Odell , H. Okawa , Y. Onel , W. Ortez , J. Ozegović , S. Ozkorucuklu , E. Paganis , C. A. Palmer , S. Pandey , F. Pantaleo , C. Papageorgakis , I. Papakrivopoulos , M. Paranjpe , J. Parshook , N. Pastika , M. Paulini , T. Peitzmann , T. Peltola , N. Peng , A. Buchot Perraguin , P. Petiot , T. Pierre-Emile , M. Vicente Barreto Pinto , E. Popova , R. Pöschl , H. Prosper , M. Prvan , I. Puljak , S. R. Qasim , H. Qu , T. Quast , R. Quinn , M. Quinnan , A. Rane , K. K. Rao , K. Rapacz , L. Raux , W. Redjeb , M. Reinecke , M. Revering , F. Richard , A. Roberts , A. M. Sanchez , J. Rohlf , J. Rolph , T. Romanteau , M. Rosado , A. Rose , M. Rovere , A. Roy , P. Rubinov , R. Rusack , V. Rusinov , V. Ryjov , O. M. Sahin , R. Salerno , R. Saradhy , T. Sarkar , M. A. Sarkisla , J. B. Sauvan , I. Schmidt , M. Schmitt , S. Schuwalow , E. Scott , C. Seez , F. Sefkow , D. Selivanova , S. Sharma , M. Shelake , A. Shenai , R. Shukla , E. Sicking , M. De , P. Silva , P. Simkina , F. Simon , A. E. Simsek , Y. Sirois , V. Smirnov , T. J. Sobering , E. 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Zhang , J. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Z. Zhang , X. Zhao

Performance of the front-end electronics of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter barrel for the High-Luminosity LHC

The performance of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter upgraded readout electronics, developed for the High-Luminosity phase of the LHC, is discussed. Data collected in two beam test campaigns conducted in 2018 and 2021 at the H4 and H2…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-24 The CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter Group

The CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter at the LHC

The CMS detector at the LHC is in the final stages of preparation. The high resolution Electromagnetic Calorimeter, which consists of nearly 76000 lead tungstate crystals, will play a crucial role in the coming physics searches undertaken…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-10-06 D. J. A. Cockerill

Experimental and simulation study of irradiated silicon pad detectors for the CMS High Granularity Calorimeter

The foreseen upgrade of the LHC to its high luminosity phase (HL-LHC), will maximize the physics potential of the facility. The upgrade is expected to increase the instantaneous luminosity by a factor of 5 and deliver an integrated…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-19 Timo Peltola

Reliable and redundant FPGA based read-out design in the ATLAS TileCal Demonstrator

The Tile Calorimeter at ATLAS is a hadron calorimeter based on steel plates and scintillating tiles read out by PMTs. The current read-out system uses standard ADCs and custom ASICs to digitize and temporarily store the data on the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-28 Henrik Åkerstedt , Steffen Muschter , Gary Drake , Kelby Anderson , Christian Bohm , Mark Oreglia , Fukun Tang

Performance of a Highly Granular Scintillator-SiPM Based Hadron Calorimeter Prototype in Strong Magnetic Fields

Within the CALICE collaboration, several concepts for the hadronic calorimeter of a future linear collider detector are studied. After having demonstrated the capabilities of the measurement methods in "physics prototypes", the focus now…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-04-26 Christian Graf

Versatile systems for characterization of large-area silicon pad sensors for highly-granular calorimetry

High-granularity calorimeters utilizing silicon pad sensors as main active material are being designed for the CMS endcap calorimeter upgrade and have been proposed for the electromagnetic calorimeters at CLIC, ILC and FCC-ee. The silicon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 Pedro Dias de Almeida

Annealing behaviour of charge collection of neutron irradiated diodes from 8-inch p-type silicon wafers

To face the higher levels of radiation due to the 10-fold increase in integrated luminosity during the High-Luminosity LHC, the CMS detector will replace the current Calorimeter Endcap (CE) using the High-Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-02 Oliwia Agnieszka Kałuzińska , Leena Diehl , Eva Sicking , Marie Christin Mühlnikel , Pedro Gonçalo Dias de Almeida , Jan Kieseler , Matthias Kettner , David Walter , Matteo M. Defranchis

The upgrade of the RPC-based ALICE Muon Trigger

The ALICE Muon Trigger is currently yielded by a detector currently composed of 72 Bakelite single-gap Resistive Plate Chambers operated in maxi-avalanche mode, arranged in four 5.5x6.5 m2 detection planes. In order to meet the requirements…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 A. Ferretti

ECFA Detector R&D Panel, Review Report

Two special calorimeters are foreseen for the instrumentation of the very forward region of an ILC or CLIC detector; a luminometer (LumiCal) designed to measure the rate of low angle Bhabha scattering events with a precision better than…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-11-20 The FCAL Collaboration , H. Abramowicz , A. Abusleme , K. Afanaciev , J. Aguilar , E. Alvarez , P. Bambade , L. Bortko , I. Bozovic-Jelisavcic , E. Castro , G. Chelkov , C. Coca , W. Daniluk , A. Dragone , L. Dumitru , K. Elsener , I. Emeliantchik , E. Firu , J. Fischer , T. Fiutowski , V. Ghenescu , M. Gostkin , G. Grzelak , G. Haller , H. Henschel , A. Ignatenko , M. Idzik , K. Ito , S. Kananov , E. Kielar , S. Kollowa , J. Kotula , Z. Krumstein , B. Krupa , S. Kulis , W. Lange , A. Levy , I. Levy , L. Linssen , W. Lohmann , S. Lukic , J. Moron , A. Moszczynski , U. Nauenberg , A. Neagu , O. Novgorodova , F. -X. Nuiry , M. Ohlerich , M. Orlandea , G. Oleinik , K. Oliwa , A. Olshevski , M. Pandurovic , B. Pawlik , T. Preda , D. Przyborowski , Y. Sato , I. Sadeh , A. Sailer , B. Schumm , S. Schuwalow , R. Schwartz , I. Smiljanic , K. Swientek , Y. Takubo , E. Teodorescu , W. Wierba , H. Yamamoto , L. Zawiejski , T. -S. Zgura , J. Zhang

ATLAS Tile calorimeter calibration and monitoring systems

The ATLAS Tile Calorimeter (TileCal) is the central section of the hadronic calorimeter of the ATLAS experiment at LHC. This sampling calorimeter uses steel plates as absorber and scintillating tiles as active medium. The light produced by…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-04 Marija Marjanovic

A highly granular SiPM-on-tile calorimeter prototype

The Analogue Hadron Calorimeter (AHCAL) developed by the CALICE collaboration is a scalable engineering prototype for a Linear Collider detector. It is a sampling calorimeter of steel absorber plates and plastic scintillator tiles read out…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-22 Felix Sefkow , Frank Simon

Commissioning of the Testbeam Prototype of the CALICE Tile Hadron Calorimeter

The CALICE collaboration is currently developing an engineering prototype of an analog hadron calorimeter for a future linear collider like the ILC. One main task of this prototype is to demonstrate the feasibility of building a realistic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Benjamin Hermberg

A Large-Scale Pad-Sensor Based Prototype of the Silicon Tungsten Electromagnetic Calorimeter for the Forward Direction in ALICE at LHC

We constructed a large-scale electromagnetic calorimeter prototype as a part of the Forward Calorimeter upgrade project (FoCal) for the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The prototype, also known as ``Mini FoCal'',…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-03-19 R. G. E. Barthel , T. Chujo , T. Hachiya , M. Hatakeyama , Y. Hoshi , M. Inaba , Y. , Kawamura , D. Kawana , C. Loizides , Y. Miake , Y. Minato , K. Nakagawa , N. Novitzky , T. Peitzmann , M. Rossewij , M. Shimomura , T. Sugitate , T. Suzuki , K. Tadokoro , M. Takamura , S. Takasu , A. van den Brink , M. van Leeuwen