Tracking detectors under preparation for the High Luminosity LHC, and for next-generation Higgs factories, hadron and muon colliders, will require components and mechanical structures providing unprecedented strength-to-mass ratios, thermal conductivity, and radiation tolerance. The CMS outer tracker incorporates such mechanical components to enable state-of-the-art functionality, including...
The BeEST experiment searches for physics beyond the standard model (BSM) in the neutrino sector by utilizing the electron capture (EC) decay of 7Be. The 7Be is embedded in superconducting tunnel junction (STJ) sensors such that the low-energy (eV-scale) decay products are detected with high energy resolution and efficiency. Modelling of low-energy backgrounds is crucial to understanding...
A considerable challenge to the physics potential at a multi-TeV muon collider is the significant amount of beam-induced background (BIB) produced near the interaction region (IR), primarily from muons decaying along the straight section near the IR. BIB mitigation, therefore, is one of the primary drivers of the machine-detector interface (MDI) design. Several strategies have been developed...
We will present R&D towards an all/dominantly Carbon Fiber (CF) low mass multi-wire proportional chamber utilizing CF sense wires and optimized CF based support structures to hold them in place. Such a technology is an ideal match for the needs of future very light-weight tracking devices at a variety of particle physics experiments. A calculation of material budget between state-of-the-art...
In this talk, we will discuss the design and engineering of the cylindrical vessel outer shell for the proximity-focusing Ring Imaging Cherenkov (pfRICH) detector at the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The pfRICH serves as a critical particle identification subsystem, providing momentum coverage of up to 7 GeV/c for pions, kaons, and protons in the backward region of the upcoming ePIC experiment...
