AIDA

After four years of activity, AIDA has coordinated a joint European effort for detector R&D and significantly improved a number of key European research infrastructures enabling advanced detector development for the high energy physics community. The activities completed in all work packages will have an impact on the development of detector technologies for future accelerators:

WP2

Generic detector description software toolkits for data processing applications in HEP experiments were developed and are being used by the ILD, CLICdp and the three FCC detectors.

Inner tracking detectors (VXD, SIT, FTD) of the ILD detector concept for the ILC in a DD4hep based geometry model.

WP3

Various technologies to meet the requirements of future pixel detectors, such as integration of pixel sensors with CMOS read-out circuits and the fabrication of TSVs for interconnection, were investigated. The large aspect ratio TSV technology proved successful and it can now be applied to almost any ASIC.
Two sets of IP blocks (65 nm CMOS and 180 nm SOI CMOS) were defined, designed and tested and serve as basis for a shared library of designs of readout chips for future detectors.
X-ray image of a fish taken with a 3D MEDIPIX3 sensor assembly

WP4

7 Academia-Industry matching events with more than 100 participating companies were organized and helped fostering new collaborations with industry, enlarging their manufacturing capabilities to meet the needs of detector technologies. An interactive tool, called Collaboration Spotting, to analyse different technologies using publications and patents was developed. The tool is a valuable asset for both academia and industry and is also used by communities beyond HEP.

Transnational Access

A total of 691 researchers carried out 202 projects at European test beam and irradiation facilities (CERN, DESY, JSI, UCL, KIT) and the contractual commitments in terms of access units were largely exceeded. The impact on detector R&D can be assessed by the significant number of publications resulting from Transnational Access activities: 121 for the full project duration.

WP8

1.AIDA contributed to the improvement and equipment of irradiation and test beam lines:

new beam line characterisation infrastructure was installed, commissioned at Frascati and is now available to facility users
a new proton irradiation facility, IRRAD, was designed and constructed in the CERN PS East Area
a new gamma irradiation facility, GIF++, recently constructed in the CERN North Area was equipped to welcome users

2. An online database,IMHOTEP, on the properties of irradiated material and components was developed and populated with data.

3. A new beam tracking telescope was commissioned and is now available to users.

4. The TASD detector was commissioned and is operational and the MIND detector has been redesigned for the benefit of the neutrino community.

5. The CERN and DESY EDMS systems became operational as data management platforms for common test beam experiments and contain about 150 documents each.

6. The common DAQ is also operational and is used by the telescope community.

WP9

New detector prototypes (precision pixel detectors, gaseous and silicon tracking devices, highly granular calorimeters) were evaluated and characterized under AIDA, for the benefit of the European detector R&D community. The gaseous tracking detector was upgraded at DESY with a superconducting magnet and is being used by many groups. The CERN MPGD workshop is producing large area detectors. The infrastructures to test novel, highly granular calorimeter concepts, including electronics were also developed. In addition, a dedicated Silicon micro-strips telescope was developed so that a large-scale common test beam can now be scheduled at CERN facilities.
Commissioning of the AIDA telescope in July 2014 in the CERN PS T9 beam line

Outcome of AIDA dissemination, knowledge sharing and training activities

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