Instrumentation for the experimental activities in Particle and Astroparticle Physics at KTH

by Dr Bengt Lund-Jensen (KTH physics), Prof. Mark Pearce (KTH Fysik)

Thursday 3 Apr 2003, 08:00 → 18:00 Europe/Stockholm

The section of Experimental Particle Physics at KTH develops and constructs instrumentation driven by the physics demands for the fontier experiments, both at accelerators and in space, in which we participate. The physics requirements and implications on the design of the liquid argon calorimeter for the ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider will be reviewed with emphasis on the presampler and the optical links where we have strongly contributed.

The section partipates in several astroparticle physics experiments. The balloon born CAPRICE Cherenkov ring imaging detector will be reflown to make an accurate measurement of the athmospheric muon flux which is important for neutrino oscillation studies. The PAMELA satellite experiment extends the energy range for antimatter and light nucei measurements. The physics objectives and the instrumentation for these experiments and the gamma ray observatory GLAST are discussed. An overview of further instrumentation development in the group, e.g. for future experiments and medical applications is also given.