Speaker
Paula Collins
(CERN)
Description
As the final touches are being put to the LHC detectors, the race is on to per-
fect technologies which could be used to confront the challenges of the ultra
high luminosities at the SLHC and ILC. The achievements of the current de-
tectors must be extended, with ever more hostile radiation environments, ever
shorter signal shaping times and ever increasing emphasis on the highest possi-
ble granularity combined with the lowest possible mass. In the semiconductor
detector field, dedicated studies have identified many mechanisms behind ra-
diation damage and pointed the way towards the use of new techniques such
as MCz silicon and p-type sensors. In the most extreme environments, com-
pletely new approaches, such as the use of diamond, or 3D sensor technologies
will be essential. Pixel technology, which has been successfully employed to
build large scale vertex detection systems for the LHC, will be pushed towards
higher density, lower mass and greater integration, to satisfy in particular the
ILC requirements. I will review the highlights of the current generation of
semiconductor detectors and discuss some of the exciting prospects for future
developments.
Author
Paula Collins
(CERN)
