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While the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) began taking data in 2009, scenarios for a machine upgrade to achieve a much higher luminosity are being developed. In the current planning, it is foreseen to increase the luminosity of the LHC at CERN around 2018. As radiation damage scales with integrated luminosity, the particle physics experiments will need to be equipped with a new generation of radiation hard detectors. This article reports on the status of the R&D projects on radiation hard silicon strips detectors for particle physics, linked to the Large Hadron Collider Upgrade, super-LHC (sLHC) of the ATLAS microstrip detector. The primary focus of this report is on measuring the radiation hardness of the silicon materials and the detectors under study. This involves designing silicon detectors, irradiating them to the sLHC radiation levels and studying their performance as particle detectors. The most promising silicon detector for the different radiation levels in the different regions of the ATLAS microstrip detector will be presented. Important challenges related to engineering layout, powering, cooling and reading out a very large strip detector are presented. Ideas on possible schemes for the layout and support mechanics will be shown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The fabrication of 3D detectors which requires bulk micromachining of columnar electrodes has been realized with advancements in MEMS technology. Since the fabrication of the first 3D prototype in Stanford Nanofabrication Facility in 1997, a significant effort has been put forth to transfer the 3D detector technology to large scale manufacturing for future high luminosity collider experiments, in which the radiation hardness will be the primary concern, and other applications such as medical imaging and X-ray imaging for molecular biology. First, alternative 3D structures, single type column (STC) and double-side double type column (DDTC) 3D detectors, were produced at FBK-irst (Trento, Italy) and CNM-Barcelona (Spain), and assessed thoroughly to improve the production technology towards the standard full-3D detectors. The 3D collaboration has been extended to include SINTEF (Norway), which is committed to small to medium scale production of active edge full-3D silicon sensors. This paper focuses on p-type 3D detectors compatible with the CMS pixel front end electronics from the second run of fabrication at SINTEF clean room facilities. The sensors that passed the wafer level electrical characterization have been bump-bonded at IZM (Germany), assembled into modules and wire-bonded for functional characterization at Purdue University. We report the leakage current characteristics, bump-bond quality, threshold, noise, and gain measurement results of these 3D modules as well as the preliminary beam test data taken at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The thermal neutron SEU cross-section of the Toshiba SRAM memory used in the LHC RadMon system was measured at different voltages. A method using the difference in its response compared to mixed particle energy field is proposed to be used as a discriminator between thermal neutron and high-energy hadron fluences. For test purposes, the proposed method was used at the CNGS and CERF facilities to estimate the field composition by counting SEUs at two different voltages and the results were compared to simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The calorimeter for the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is fully installed, integrated in the experiment, and precalibrated, its commissioning being completed. Calorimeter performance from the test beam studies, radioactive source and cosmic ray measurements, and the first experience with the LHC particles are reported. The extensive radiation resistance studies are translated in the expected calorimeter degradation in view of the LHCb experiment operation and its foreseen upgrade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the Ninth European Conference on Radiation and its Effects held in Deauville in the French Normandy on September 10-14, 2007. The conference was attended by 320 delegates from 21 countries all over the world. The technical program consisted of 38 oral and 62 poster presentations. There were 14 lecturers in the one-day short course organized by Veronique Ferlet-Cavrois. The contributions of the sponsors: NASA Living with a Star Program, Tektronix Enabling Innovation and Codra Ingeniere are acknowledged.

Information about the 8th European Conference on Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems which was held in France on September 19-23, 2005 is presented. The conference was attended by several scientists, students, and engineers from industry, government organizations, and research institutes. Moreover, it featured several experts in dealing with radiation related issues including Fred Wrobel, D. Fleetwood, and Michael Moll.

The article comments that the oral and poster papers presented at the Ninth European Conference on Radiation and its Effects held in Deauville, France on September 10-14, 2007 were submitted for possible publication in the special issue of the "IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science". The manuscripts were examined by at least three reviewers to ensure that they are original and represent significant contributions to the periodical.

Presents an overview of the sixth European Conference on Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS) held on September 10 to 14, 2001 at the Atria World Trade Center Grenoble, France. Organizer of the conference; Information on individual presentations at the conference; Details of the technical sessions at RADECS.

Introduces a series of articles selected from those presented at the sixth European Conference on Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems held in Grenoble, France on September 10-14, 2001.