Development of multifilamentary detectors for tests in the LHC

• Grant number: 16/11632-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2016
• End date: July 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear Physics
• Principal Investigator: Alexandre Alarcon do Passo Suaide
• Grantee: André Luiz Bozzon Rodrigues
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 12/04583-8 - High-energy nuclear physics at RHIC and LHC, AP.TEM

Abstract

We propose, in this project, the adaptation of position sensitive multiwire proportional counters to use as test detectors during for instrumentation in the development of the ALICE experiment upgrades. Our group is involved in the project of the FoCAL detector for the ALICE experiment. Over the next few years a number of prototype tests will be performed and we need to develop auxiliary instrumentation, such as trigger systems, beam monitoring, etc. Some of these systems are being developed by our group. (AU)