Forum on Tracking Detector Mechanics 2025

Session

Forum 2025 - session 4

18 Jun 2025, 09:00

1.11/1.11a (Merchant Venturer's Building)

28. Embedding vascular networks in carbon composites for tracking detector thermal management

Robert Oxford Pope (University of Bristol)

18/06/2025, 09:00

High-energy physics experiments rely on high-performance tracking detectors composed of silicon sensors mounted on lightweight structures. These structures must not only provide adequate support but also incorporate a network of cooling fluid to manage the thermal load of the silicon sensors. Effective thermal regulation is critical to sensor performance, ultimately influencing the quality of...

27. Developments in the Mechanical design of the LHCb VELO Upgrade II

Yutaro Takahashi (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

18/06/2025, 09:30

The upgrade of the LHCb Vertex Locator (VELO), planned to be installed in 2033, presents a wide range of mechanical engineering challenges driven by the need for minimal material budget, high radiation tolerance, and mechanical stability under stringent operating conditions.
The detector will be composed of detector planes arranged as modules along the beam direction. Each VELO module...

29. Ultra-lightweight outer pixel tracker for the Mu3e experiment

Ashley McDougall

18/06/2025, 10:00

The Mu3e experiment is on the frontier of charged lepton flavour violating searches and seeks to observe the rare muon decay $\mu^+ \rightarrow e^{+}e^{-}e^{+}$, as well as paving the way globally in terms of cutting-edge ultra low-mass detector technologies. Based at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), a leading Swiss national laboratory near Zurich, the Mu3e experiment consists of four pixel...

22. Thermomechanical analysis of the barrel electromagnetic calorimeter of the ALLEGRO full detector concept at the FCC-ee collider

Fernando Aretio Zárate (CERN)

18/06/2025, 11:00

ALLEGRO is a general-purpose detector concept for an experiment at FCC-ee featuring a noble-liquid electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) as one of its central detectors. Noble-liquid calorimetry is a promising option for future particle physics experiments, applicable to both hadron and lepton colliders. This ECAL comprises 1536 multi-layer read-out electrodes, realised as Printed Circuit Boards,...

19. Multi-Stage Structural Optimization for FCC-ee Interaction Region Support Structures

Francesco Fransesini (INFN e Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (IT))

18/06/2025, 11:30

Structural optimisation is crucial in modern engineering, especially for ambitious projects like the Future Circular Collider, a proposed 90.6 km high-luminosity electron-positron collider. This contribution focuses on designing a lightweight yet robust support structure for the interaction region, minimising material while achieving mechanical performance criteria.

A three-stage...

34. Novel design ideas for future particle tracking detectors

Axel Filenius (Cornell University (US))

In the pursuit of advancements in particle physics and broadening our understanding of the universe, there is a huge demand for efficient lightweight particle detectors. Low detector mass, clever integration of different functions, optimization of active detector area and optimization of thermal management in particle tracking detectors are keys for pushing the boundaries of our knowledge, as...