Speaker
Martin Kocian
(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
Description
The ATLAS Inner Detector based on silicon sensors is consisting of a strip detector (SCT) and a pixel detector. It is
the crucial component for vertexing and tracking in the ATLAS experiment.
With the excellent performance of the LHC well beyond the original specification the
silicon tracking detectors are facing substantial challenges in terms of data acquisition, radiation damage to the sensors, and SEUs in the readout ASICs.
The approaches on how the detector systems cope with the demands of high luminosity operation while maintaining excellent performance
through hardware upgrades, software and firmware algorithms, and operational settings, are presented.
Author
Martin Kocian
(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
