Capital Equipment for Laboratory Infrastructure

本申请资本设备遵循爱丁堡粒子物理研究小组的统一赠款申请，ST/K 001302/1。在这里，我们请求资助的项目将提高我们的能力，以促进硅像素探测器前端模块的研发开发，并将使单光子计数设备的开发用于直接暗物质搜索。爱丁堡在ATLAS升级的开发中发挥着重要作用，如ATLAS升级投标ST/L001179/1所述。该小组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，并建立了一个先进的探测器开发中心（ADDC），以促进这一贡献，但由于资金的限制，我们不得不忽略一些重要的组件。这里所要求的资金将足以弥补这些差距，并使该小组能够为ATLAS升级的发展做出贡献。我们的暗物质研究为英国的大部分计划做出了巨大贡献，包括LUX，LZ和DRIFT，特别是开发和确保超低背景操作的专业知识和责任。目前，我们的新仪器和技术的发展受到当地缺乏合适的数据采集设备的阻碍-这一要求提供了一个低成本的解决方案，使更复杂的研究在爱丁堡进行，避免需要前往适当装备的实验室。

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.