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The European Strategy for Particle Physics identifies detector R&D as a key enabling component for the future experimental program in high-energy physics and foresees the Future Circular Collider as the next flagship facility. In particular, the electron–positron stage, FCC-ee, is designed as a precision machine that imposes stringent demands on detector performance. Vertex and tracking detectors must achieve extremely high spatial resolution while maintaining an ultra-low material budget to enable precise flavor tagging and high-accuracy electroweak measurements.
Moreover, non-accelerator particle physics, as well as astroparticle and nuclear physics, benefit from a strategic and coherent R&D approach.
To coordinate long-term research on new sensing techniques and technology development across these domains and the community, a structured Detector Research and Development (DRD) program has been established. Based on the ECFA Detector Roadmap, which was produced as a direct outcome of the 2020 European Strategy for Particle Physics, eight DRD collaborations have been founded. These collaborations organize R&D activities across key detector domains and provide a common framework for collaboration between institutes and experiments, before experiment-specific engineering takes over. Shared infrastructure, coordinated technology development, and cross-disciplinary synergies support efficient resource use, reduce technological risk, and ensure that mature detector solutions are available for future large-scale physics facilities.
This talk shows the activities of all DRD collaborations with a focus on silicon sensors for vertexing and tracking detectors.