Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-03632, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Hessey, Nigel (TRIUMF), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : British Columbia|Colombie-Britannique, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Subatomic Physics Envelope - Project, program name french : Enveloppe de physique subatomique - projet, program purpose english : The ATLAS experiment at the LHC studies fundamental physics at the high energy and 
high intensity frontier. It will undergo a major upgrade in 2024 to enable it to profit from 
an increase of the LHC luminosity by a factor 5 from the current level. ATLAS-Canada will 
have major roles in this, including in the end-cap of the new inner tracker strips detector. 
 
The increased luminosity will allow a much larger (ten times) data set to be accumulated, 
enabling several important studies to be completed including measurement of the Higgs coupling 
to muons, and the Higgs self-coupling. It will also increase the mass and cross section ranges 
of searches for new physics, possibly leading to discovery of supersymmetric particles or dark 
matter candidates. 
 
I have recently joined TRIUMF to develop the design, assembly methods, and quality 
control, and continue through the assembly, installation and commissioning phases of this 
ambitious project. In April 2018 I will join the main ATLAS-Canada Project Grant. This 
proposal is for a bridging grant for one year starting April 2017, to build up a team to 
prepare the TRIUMF contribution. In addition to myself, the proposed team will have a 
post-doc, two graduate students, and two undergraduate students. 
 
The team will prepare tooling and methods for assembly of silicon strip modules, and for 
placing these on their mechanical supports, as well as the quality control methods required 
to ensure a very high proportion of working channels. 
 
The proposed research will give an excellent training to the team in particle detectors, and 
use of state-of-the art instruments such as wire bonders and precision pick-and-place machines., program purpose french : The ATLAS experiment at the LHC studies fundamental physics at the high energy and 
high intensity frontier. It will undergo a major upgrade in 2024 to enable it to profit from 
an increase of the LHC luminosity by a factor 5 from the current level. ATLAS-Canada will 
have major roles in this, including in the end-cap of the new inner tracker strips detector. 
 
The increased luminosity will allow a much larger (ten times) data set to be accumulated, 
enabling several important studies to be completed including measurement of the Higgs coupling 
to muons, and the Higgs self-coupling. It will also increase the mass and cross section ranges 
of searches for new physics, possibly leading to discovery of supersymmetric particles or dark 
matter candidates. 
 
I have recently joined TRIUMF to develop the design, assembly methods, and quality 
control, and continue through the assembly, installation and commissioning phases of this 
ambitious project. In April 2018 I will join the main ATLAS-Canada Project Grant. This 
proposal is for a bridging grant for one year starting April 2017, to build up a team to 
prepare the TRIUMF contribution. In addition to myself, the proposed team will have a 
post-doc, two graduate students, and two undergraduate students. 
 
The team will prepare tooling and methods for assembly of silicon strip modules, and for 
placing these on their mechanical supports, as well as the quality control methods required 
to ensure a very high proportion of working channels. 
 
The proposed research will give an excellent training to the team in particle detectors, and 
use of state-of-the art instruments such as wire bonders and precision pick-and-place machines., agreement title english : Bridging grant application for ATLAS-Canada: Optimising the build of the ATLAS Upgrade Strip Detector, agreement title french : Bridging grant application for ATLAS-Canada: Optimising the build of the ATLAS Upgrade Strip Detector, agreement number : SAPPJ, agreement value : 60000.0, agreement start date : 2017-05-10, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2018-2019), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2018-2019), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada