Speaker
Eleonora Rossi
(R)
Description
In view of the ATLAS Phase II Upgrade, a proposal to extend the detector acceptance of the muon system to large η (up to | η|~4) is being considered. The aim of the new detector is to tag muons, relying on the combination with the inner detector track for the momentum measurement. The new large-η Muon Tagger should cope with extremely high particle rate, dominated by background hits up to about 10 MHz/cm2 in the most forward region. In order to minimize the occupancy, pixel or small-pad readout are needed. Micro-Pattern-Gaseous-Detectors is a suitable technology for this purpose. We present the development of resistive micromegas with O(mm2) pad readout aiming at precision tracking in high-rate environment without efficiency loss up to several MHz/cm2. A first prototype has been designed, constructed and tested. It consists of a matrix of 48x16 pads, each pad with rectangular shape and a pitch of 1 and 3 mm in the two coordinates. The active surface of this prototype is 4.8x4.8 cm2 with a total number of 768 channels. Characterization and performance studies of the detector have been carried out by means of radioactive sources, X-Rays, cosmic rays and test beam. The results will be presented, along with a new development aiming at the construction of a fully scalable, thousands-channel small-pad detectors, with embedded front-end electronics.
Primary authors
Mauro Iodice
(ROMA3)
eleonora Rossi
(INFN Roma Tre)
