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Engineering for the ATLAS SemiConductor Tracker (SCT) end-cap

Author
Abdesselam A. Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Allport P. P. Unknown
Anderson B Unknown
Beneš Petr, Ing. IEAP
Beneš Jiří, Ing. IEAP CTU
Horažďovský Tomáš, Ing. IEAP
Jakůbek Jan, Ing. Ph.D. IEAP
Král Vlastimil, Ing. IEAP
Linhart Vladimir, Ing. Ph.D. IEAP
Pospíšil Stanislav,  Ing. DrSc. IEAP
Slavíček Tomáš, Bc. IEAP
Solar Michael, RNDr., CSc. IEAP
Sopko Vitek, Ing., Ph.D. IEAP
et al.  -

Year
2008

Scientific journal
JINST 3 P05002, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/3/05/P05002

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Abstract
The ATLAS SemiConductor Tracker (SCT) is a silicon-strip tracking detector which forms part of the ATLAS inner detector. The SCT is designed to track charged particles produced in proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN at an energy of 14 TeV. The tracker is made up of a central barrel and two identical end-caps. The barrel contains 2112 silicon modules, while each end-cap contains 988 modules. The overall tracking performance depends not only on the intrinsic measurement precision of the modules but also on the characteristics of the whole assembly, in particular, the stability and the total material budget. This paper describes the engineering design and construction of the SCT end-caps, which are required to support mechanically the silicon modules, supply services to them and provide a suitable environment within the inner detector. Critical engineering choices are highlighted and innovative solutions are presented - these will be of interest to other builders of large-scale tracking detectors. The SCT end-caps will be fully connected at the start of 2008. Further commissioning will continue, to be ready for proton-proton collision data in 2008.
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Cite article as:
A. Abdesselam, P. Allport, B. Anderson, P. Beneš, J. Beneš, T. Horažďovský, J. Jakůbek, V. Král, V. Linhart, S. Pospíšil, T. Slavíček, M. Solar, V. Sopko, . et al., "Engineering for the ATLAS SemiConductor Tracker (SCT) end-cap", JINST 3 P05002, doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/3/05/P05002 (2008)

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