Speaker
John Jaros
Description
The Silicon Detector Concept stresses silicon/tungsten electromagnetic calorimetry;
compact, high precision, and low mass silicon tracking; pixel vertex detection with
forward disks; 5 Tesla solenoidal coil; and highly segmented hadron calorimetry and
muon identification. Physics requirements, the ILC environment, and costs drive the
design. The high magnetic field offers unsurpassed momentum resolution, the smallest
possible radius beam pipe, and compact calorimetry. Silicon sensors record single
beam crossings and stand up to errant backgrounds from beam imperfections. Costs
drive the design to be relatively compact. Progress in the design and plans for
needed R&D will be discussed.
