Belle II is the next generation B Factory experiment operating at the SuperKEKB accelerator complex at KEK in Tsukuba, Japan. It is expected to collect 50 ab-1 of data, with a target instantaneous luminosity of $\rm{6.5 \times 10^{35} cm^{-2}s^{-1}}$, which is about 30 times larger than its predecessor.
The Silicon Vertex Detector (SVD) consists of four layers of double-sided silicon...
CERN’s ATLAS and CMS experiments were designed with prompt and standard model particles in mind. The track-trigger upgrades planned for the High Luminosity LHC open up the possibility to trigger on long-lived and unconventional signatures directly. To maximize sensitivity for these challenging signatures, we study the efficiency of hypothetical hardware level track triggering algorithms. We...
The ITkPixV1 chip is the pre-production pixel readout chip for the Phase-2 Upgrade of the ATLAS experiment at the HL-LHC. The harsh environment of HL-LHC, including a peak luminosity of 5x10^34cm-2s-1 and an estimated total ionising dose (TID) of 1 Grad throughout its lifetime is placing strong requirements on the radiation tolerance of the chip. This contribution outlines investigations into...
Recent developments in semiconductor pixel detectors allow for a new generation of positron-emission tomography (PET) scanners that, in combination with advanced image reconstruction algorithms, will allow for a few hundred micron spatial resolutions. Such novel scanners will pioneer ultra-high resolution molecular-imaging, a field that is expected to have an enormous impact in several medical...
The need for 4D tracking and Ultra-Fast Silicon Detectors is a result of the expected pile-up at the High-Luminosity LHC General-Purpose Detectors. To fully reconstruct events along the beam line where post-collision reconstruction with 3D detectors is insufficient, timing information is added to the spatial measurements to disentangle overlapping events. Track timing resolution of the order...
