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As the energy frontier moves towards more extreme collision conditions – higher energies and luminosities – there is a strong need for the development of lightweight detector support structures. The Snowmass Instrumentation Frontier report mentioned the following as two of the critical near-term priorities for solid-state tracking:
$\bullet$ IF03-2 Adapt new materials and fabrication/integration techniques for particle tracking in harsh environments, including sensors, support structures and cooling
$\bullet$ IF03-3 Realize scalable, irreducible-mass trackers in extreme conditions [1]
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One potential path toward this goal is to optimize mass by integrating services and cooling into support structures [2]. This could also help mitigate the problem that “complex stresses in composite structures consisting of multiple parts are a consequence of different manufacturing techniques utilized” [3]. This is a perfect fit for the expertise at Argonne National Lab – both cooling for ATLAS inner tracker local supports, materials science research, and additive manufacturing facilities. In this talk, we will discuss our plans to use novel materials and Argonne's manufacturing facilities to achieve the goal of scaleable, lightweight detectors for future colliders.
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[1] "Report of the Instrumentation Frontier Working Group for Snowmass 2021", arXiv:2209.14111
[2] E. Anderssen, A. Jung, S. Karmarkar, A. Koshy, "Light-weight and highly thermally conductive support structures for future tracking detectors", arXiv:2203.14347v1
[3] A. Affolder, et. al. "Solid State Detectors and Tracking for Snowmass", arXiv:2209.03607
