Speaker
Simone Ceresa
(Unknown)
Description
The two innermost layers of the ALICE detector are formed by hybrid silicon
pixel detectors. At radii of 3.6 cm and 7.6 cm the ∼106 pixel cells of the
ALICE Silicon Pixel Detector (SPD) will provide high granularity tracking
information close to the interaction point. The installation of the SPD in the
ALICE experiment is foreseen for January 2007. The integration of the SPD
is carried out in a cleanroom at CERN. The final DAQ, detector control
system (DCS) and cables have been installed in this facility to carry out the
integration of the detector under experimental conditions. The SPD will not
only provide data about the first beam interactions but will also contribute to
the L0 trigger decision from the start of the experiment. The complete
integration setup for the ALICE SPD is presented with special emphasis on
the development of the DCS and DAQ. The test program on the individual
sectors of the SPD is presented and recent results are summarized. Finally
an outlook of the installation in the experiment is presented.
Author
Simone Ceresa
(Unknown)
