STFC PPRP Capital Equipment Call 2018

粒子物理学，即在最基本的层面上了解物质、力和质量生成的探索，从来都是新闻，特别是CERN大型强子对撞机(LHC)及其对希格斯玻色子的发现。我们的小组有一个平衡的计划，充分利用大型强子对撞机在能源和精度方面的影响(ATLAS，LHCb)，以及CERN加速器复合体(NA62)独特能力的其他方面。这项提议的一部分是更新我们的计算能力，以便继续对这些实验产生的大量数据进行最高质量的分析，因为它们将继续作为世界首屈一指的能源前沿设施继续运行20年。这也将使我们更好地参与新实验的大规模数据分析。伯明翰大学最近投入巨资建立了一套新的洁净室--伯明翰粒子物理和应用仪器实验室(BILPA)，这改变了我们集团在精密硅跟踪探测器领域的大规模建设和研发能力。BILPA的一个主要项目是为ATLAS探测器的超大规模升级做出重大贡献，这是应对前所未有的事件发生率和辐射环境所必需的。在升级到最里面的带电粒子跟踪探测器时，我们将建造复杂的“硅条”探测器模块，每天需要大约8000个超声波焊线。BILPA还有一个广泛的探测器技术研发计划，用于未来的实验和技术转让，例如医学物理学。在后一种情况下，我们正在建设用于质子放射治疗中心实时成像的建筑物探测器。这项提议包括请购三件基本设备，为有效和高标准地开展所有这些活动，毕尔巴办事处需要这些设备。

Particle physics, the quest to understand matter, forces and mass generation at the most fundamental level, is never far from the news, particularly the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and its discovery of the Higgs boson. Our group has a balanced programme, exploiting the full reach of the LHC in energy and precision (ATLAS, LHCb), as well as other aspects of the unique capabilities of the CERN accelerator complex (NA62). One part of this proposal is to renew our computing capabilities in order to continue to enable the highest quality of analysis of the large volumes of data that these experiments produce, as they continue to operate for a further two decades as the world's premier energy frontier facility. It will also place us well to become involved in large scale data analysis of new experiments. Birmingham University has recently invested heavily in setting up a new suite of clean rooms, the Birmingham Instrumentation Laboratory for Particle Physics and Applications (BILPA), which has transformed our group's capability for large-scale construction and R&D in the area of precision silicon tracking detectors. One major project for the BILPA is to make major contributions to the very large-scale upgrades to the ATLAS detector that are required in order to cope with the unprecedented event rates and radiation environments. In an upgrade to the innermost charged particle tracking detector, we will be constructing intricate `silicon strip' detector modules, requiring around 8000 ultrasonic wire bonds per day. The BILPA also has an extensive R&D programme into detector technologies, both for future experiments and for technology transfer, for example into Medical Physics. In the latter context, we our building detectors for real-time imaging at proton radiotherapy centres. This proposal includes a request for three essential items of equipment that the BILPA requires in order to carry out all of these activities efficiently and to a high standard.