Capital Equipment for Laboratory Infrastructure

在爱丁堡粒子物理研究小组ST/K001302/1的综合拨款申请之后，我们申请了Capital Equipment。在此，我们请求为一些项目提供资金，这些项目将增强我们的能力，促进硅像素探测器前端模块的研发，并使开发用于直接暗物质搜索的单光子计数设备成为可能。爱丁堡在ATLAS升级投标ST/L001179/1中所述的ATLAS升级开发中扮演着重要的角色。该集团致力于原型前向像素探测器前端模块的设计和研发，并将利用研发阶段积累的专业知识参与模块的生产和装载。该集团最近在最先进的实验室基础设施上进行了大量投资，并建立了先进探测器开发中心(ADDC)以促进这一贡献，但由于资金有限，我们不得不减少一些必要的部件。我们的暗物质研究为包括LUX、LZ和DRIFE在内的英国计划做出了很大贡献，在开发和确保超低本底操作方面具有特殊的专业知识和责任。目前，由于当地无法获得合适的数据采集设备，我们的新仪器和技术的开发受到阻碍--这一要求提供了一种低成本的解决方案，使更复杂的研究能够在爱丁堡进行，从而避免了前往配备适当设备的实验室的需要。

This application for Capital Equipment follows the Consolidated Grant application by the Edinburgh Particle Physics Research Group, ST/K001302/1. Here we request funding for items that will enhace our capabilities to contribute to the R&D development of front-end modules for silicon pixel detectors, and that will enable development of single photon counting devices for use in direct dark matter searches. Edinburgh carries an important role in the development of the ATLAS upgrade, as described in the ATLAS upgrade bid, ST/L001179/1. The group contributes to the design and R&D of the front-end modules of the prototype forward pixel detector and will take part in the module production and loading using the expertise built up during the R&D phase. The group recently has invested significantly in state-of-the-art laboratory infrastructure and established an Advanced Detector Development Centre (ADDC) to facilitate this contribution, but we had to descope some essential components due to limitations of funds. The funds requested here will suffice to close these gaps and enable the group to contribute to the development of the ATLAS upgrade as pledged.Our dark matter research contributes strongly to much of the UK programme, including LUX, LZ and DRIFT, with particular expertise and responsibility for developing and assuring ultra-low background operation. At present our development of new instrumentation and techniques is hindered by a lack of of local access to suitable data acquisition apparatus - this request provides a low-cost solution, enabling significantly more sophisticated studies to be performed here in Edinburgh, avoiding the need to travel to suitably equipped laboratories.