Minutes of ATLAS-Canada Pixel Detector Meeting (May 5, 1999)

A meeting to discuss the current status of ATLAS-Canada involvement in the pixel detector project as well as explore options for expanded involvement in the future was held at the Toronto Physics departement on May 5, 1999. The agenda of the meeting is displayed below along with an electronic record of the talks (where available) can be found below.

Attendees were : Bhadra (York), Gilchriese (LBL), Leroy (Montreal), Orr (Toronto), Sinervo (Toronto), Trischuk (Toronto).

• Morning Session

  The morning session was devoted to an overview of the current status of the ATLAS Pixel project as well as a reminder of the activities that have taken place in Canada related to this project so far. The agenda included:

  • The Status of ATLAS Pixels (Gilchriese)
  • Inner Detector Alignment Work (Trischuk)
  • Silicon Testbeam Studies (Sinervo)
  • Solid State Detectors at Montreal (Leroy)

• Afternoon Session

  The afternoon session was preceeded by a visit to the lab facilities available in Toronto for pixel detector testing as well as a discussion of what additional facilities could become available over the next two years to allow for pixel detector assembly. We then reconvened to discuss the various possibilities for further involvement in the pixel detector project.

  • X-ray alignment of pixels prior to installation
  • Power supply specs/services
  • Module assembly and testing
  • Reconstruction software/studies

• Further in the Future

  At the end of the day we discussed possibilities to become involved in the development of the B-layer. This is becoming a separate project in that the B-layer has very different requirements in many respects (pixel size, buffer size (ie. occupancy), radiation tolerance and installation (as the B-layer has to be removable).

  • A diamond pixel layer (Trischuk)

• Action Items from this meeting

  We concluded with a plan of action to follow up in the next few months

  • Study X-ray tomography system capabilities before mid-June
  • Discuss X-ray capabilities vis-a-vis assembly survey plans by late June
  • Revisit plans to establish one (or more) assembly/testing sites by late June
  • Discuss plans with other potential Canadian collaborators before mid-June
  • Firm up proposal to be submitted in fall by late summer
  • Revisit Canadian involvement with ATLAS Pixel project leaders towards end 1999
  • March 2000 would be earliest time that project funding could be expected

For more information on ATLAS pixel detector activities in Canada please feel free to contact william@physics.utoronto.ca