The detector control system for the ATLAS semi conductor tracker assembly phase

Author

Sfvrla, A.

Author_Institution

Geneva Univ., Switzerland

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

16-22 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

1299

Abstract

The ATLAS semi conductor tracker (SCT) consists of approximately 16000 silicon micro-strip detectors with 6.3 million readout channels, built into 4088 modules. These are arranged into 2 endcaps of 9 disks each and 4 concentrical barrel layers. A number of tests are performed before the final detector assembly. Initially, the individual components of the SCT are tested. Prior to assembly, tests on the full system setup, which includes other detectors, will be carried out. The coherent and safe operation of the detectors in each step of the tests is the basic task of the detector control system (DCS). The main building blocks of the DCS are the cooling system, the power supplies and the environmental interlock system. The main features of the SCT test setup are described and the monitoring and control systems are presented.

Keywords

computerised monitoring; cooling; nuclear electronics; particle track visualisation; physical instrumentation control; position sensitive particle detectors; readout electronics; silicon radiation detectors; ATLAS semiconductor tracker assembly phase; cooling system; detector control system; environmental interlock system; power supplies; readout channels; silicon microstrip detectors; Assembly systems; Conductors; Control systems; Cooling; Detectors; Distributed control; Performance evaluation; Phase detection; Silicon; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8700-7

Electronic_ISBN

1082-3654

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462438

Filename

1462438