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introduction to CERN in EUDET

• The CERN PH (physics) department participates in EUDET

• PH department:~500 staff members~170 fellows and paid scientific

associates~ 4600 users

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PH department main activity

Preparing the LHC experiments ATLAS, CMS (TOTEM), ALICE , LHCb

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CERN participation EUDET

Given the fact that CERN is at present still overcommitted with LHC, the EUDET participation was chosen to be compatible with R&D activities already carried out in the PH department. In practice this means:

• => activities within the PH support groups

for Detectors – Electronics - Software • in absence of strategic decisions for post-

LHC => where possible, in synergy with future options for CERN

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CERN participation EUDET

EUDET activities within the Detector – Electronics – Software support groups

• PH-DT1 (detector technologies)– JRA1 => magnetic field calibration

• PH-SFT (software for physics)– NA2 => hadronization simulation model

• PH-MIC (microelectronics)– NA2 => microelectronics user support– JRA2 => Timepix for SiTPC

• PH-ED (electronics design)– JRA2 => integrated compact gas detector

readout

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PH support groups

• In the next slides, a quick introduction to the CERN PH support groups will be given, including highlights of the facilities/services accessible to users:– Detector technologies– Electronics– Software for experiments

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Detector technologiesGroups PH-DT1 and PH-DT2

• Expertise in:– Gaseous detectors

• GEM, wire det., straw det., TPC, TPC field cage– Solid state detectors

• Radiation hard developments, thin structures – RICH detectors

• Radiators, mirrors, HPD– Experimental magnets

• Magnets construction, calibration, control– Mech. Engineering and Support structures for

detectors

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Detector technologiesFacilities/services within the PH-DT1 and PH-DT2 groups

(accessible to CERN users):

• Silicon facility: bond lab, probe stations• Thin film and glass lab• Irradiation facility (PS East Hall beam)• Scintillator lab• Construction of gas systems for detectors• 1 mechanical workshop accessible to CERN users• Technical support for experimental magnets

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ElectronicsGroups PH-MIC, PH-ED, PH-ESS

With expertise in:• Microelectronics chip design (digital/analog)• Radiation hard (micro-)electronics design• Optoelectronics• Electronic system design + DAQ interfaces• Controls, timing and readout sequencing• Power distribution, interconnection• Packaging (from ASIC packaging to crates)

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ElectronicsFacilities/services within the PH electronics groups

(accessible to CERN users):

• Access to deep sub-micron technologies and design tools (see NA2 talk)

• Electronics Pool• Common ordering /supplies (…power supplies,

crates, modular electronics)• Environmental test equipment

– Climatic chamber– Test magnet

• Chip testing facilities• Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF)• …etc…

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Software for experiments

PH-SFT groupMandate: design, development and

maintenance of common software for HEP experiments (simulation, reconstruction, analysis, grid applications)

Examples: GEANT4, Pythia, ROOT, Garfield, mathematical libraries, grid applications

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CERN-EUDET user support• EUDET project is registered at CERN

(grey book and users office)– User registration as unpaid associates

in group PH-UGC (needs signature of CERN Team leader => Lucie Linssen)

• EUDET computing group “ED” has been set up– Administrators: Michael Hauschild, John

Apostolakis, Jan Timmermans