Speaker
Robert Jan Ekelhof
(Technische Universitaet Dortmund (DE))
Description
The Scintillating Fibre (SciFi) Tracker for the LHCb Upgrade (CERN/LHCC 2014-001; LHCb TDR 15) is based on 2.5 m long
multi-layered ribbons from 10,000 km of scintillating fibre over 12 planes covering 350 m$^{2}$. The planes are separated
into modular detectors, each with cooled silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) arrays for photo-readout. In this talk, we will
present the construction and performance of this novel detector, including the intricacies of scintillating fibre ribbon
production, constructing precision detector planes with a rigid and light module design, and the integration of the readout
components for this detector. The complexities and issues regarding this active part of the SciFi Tracker will be
emphasised along with the current solutions and measured performances.
Primary author
Robert Jan Ekelhof
(Technische Universitaet Dortmund (DE))
Co-authors
Blake Leverington
(Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg (DE))
Fred Blanc
(Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (CH))
