30 January 2019 to 1 February 2019
Nelson Mandela University
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

The ATLAS Tile Calorimeter LVPS hardware upgrade and testing

1 Feb 2019, 10:00
20m
Room 0017 (Nelson Mandela University)

Room 0017

Nelson Mandela University

Nelson Mandela University Room 0017 Ground Floor Building 127 Science Building South Campus Summerstrand

Speaker

Edward Khomotso Nkadimeng (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Description

This proceeding presents the design and production of the testing stations to examine the reliability and quality of the Tile Calorimeter LVPS (Low Voltage Power Supplies), which will power the next generation of upgraded hardware in the TileCal (Tile Calorimeter) system of ATLAS at CERN. A LVPS brick is subjected to a stressed environment where the load and temperature are both elevated. In this environment the expected operational life of the brick is reduced, which serves as an indicator of how long the bricks will last under the normal environment in the detector. Two new types of testing stations, which build upon the previous generation of testing stations would be used in the initial production of the TileCal system. Full information and undertaken tasks will be presented.

Author

Edward Khomotso Nkadimeng (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Co-author

Bruce Mellado Garcia (University of the Witwatersrand)

Presentation materials