Evolution of Silicon Sensor Technology in Particle Physics / Edition 1

by Frank Hartmann

Overview

In the post era of the Z and W discovery, after the observation of Jets at UA1 and UA2 at CERN, John Ellis visioned at a HEP conference at Lake Tahoe, California in 1983 “To proceed with high energy particle physics, one has to tag the avour of the quarks!” This statement re ects the need for a highly precise tracking device, being able to resolve secondary and tertiary vertices within high-particle densities. Since the d- tance between the primary interaction point and the secondary vertex is proportional to the lifetime of the participating particle, it is an excellent quantity to identify par- cle avour in a very fast and precise way. In colliding beam experiments this method was applied especially to tag the presence of b quarks within particle jets. It was rst introduced in the DELPHI experiment at LEP but soon followed by all collider - periments to date. The long expected t quark discovery was possible mainly with the help of the CDF silicon vertex tracker, providing the b quark information. In the beginning of the 21st century the new LHC experiments are beginning to take 2 shape. CMS with its 206m of silicon area is perfectly suited to cope with the high luminosity environment. Even larger detectors are envisioned for the far future, like the SiLC project for the International Linear Collider. Silicon sensors matured from small 1in. single-sided devices to large 6in. double-sided, double metal detectors and to 6in. single-sided radiation hard sensors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642064166
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	11/19/2010
Series:	Springer Tracts in Modern Physics , #231
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Dr. Frank Hartmann is member of the detector group at the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) at the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN. He was heading the CMS Tracker project for eight years in the capacity of project manager or deputy project manager. Today, he coordinates the full CMS Upgrade for the High-Luminosity LHC. He teaches physics and detector science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Table of Contents

Basic Principles of a Silicon Detector.- First Steps With Silicon Sensors: NA11 (Proof of Principle).- The DELPHI Microvertex Detector at LEP.- CDF; the World#x2019;s Largest Silicon Detector in the 20th Century; the First Silicon Detector at a Hadron Collider.- CMS; Increasing Size by two Orders of Magnitude.- Continuing the Story: Detectors for the SLHC and the ILC.- Conclusion and Outlook.