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LHCb Note
Report number	LHCb-PROC-2012-049 ; CERN-LHCb-PROC-2012-049
Title	The LHCb Silicon Tracker: Running experience
Author(s)	Adeva, G (U. Santiago de Compostela (main)) ; Esperante Pereira, D (U. Santiago de Compostela (main)) ; Gallas, A (U. Santiago de Compostela (main)) ; Pazos Alvarez, A (U. Santiago de Compostela (main)) ; Perez Trigo, E (U. Santiago de Compostela (main)) ; Rodriguez Perez, P (U. Santiago de Compostela (main)) ; Saborido, J (U. Santiago de Compostela (main)) ; Amhis, Y (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Bay, A (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Blanc, F (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Bressieux, J (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Conti, G (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Dupertuis, F (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Fave, V (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Frei, R (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Gauvin, N (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Haefeli, G (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Keune, A (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Luisier, J (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Marki, R (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Muresan, R (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Nakada, T (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Needham, M (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Knecht, M (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Schneider, O (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Tran, M (Ecole Polytechnique, Lausanne) ; Anderson, J (U. Zurich (main)) ; Buechler, A (U. Zurich (main)) ; Bursche, A (U. Zurich (main)) ; Chiapolini, N (U. Zurich (main)) ; De Cian, M (U. Zurich (main)) ; Elsasser, C (U. Zurich (main)) ; Salzmann, C (U. Zurich (main)) ; Saornil Gamarra, S (U. Zurich (main)) ; Steiner, S (U. Zurich (main)) ; Steinkamp, O (U. Zurich (main)) ; Straumann, U (U. Zurich (main)) ; van Tilburg, J (U. Zurich (main)) ; Tobin, M (U. Zurich (main)) ; Vollhardt, A (U. Zurich (main)) ; Aquines Gutierrez, O (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Bauer, C (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Britsch, M (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Maciuc, F (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Schmelling, M (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Voss, H (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst.) ; Iakovenko, V (Kiev, INR) ; Okhrimenko, O (Kiev, INR) ; Pugatch, V (Kiev, INR)
Note	Linked to Poster-2012-243
Submitted to	Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics, Oxford, UK, 17 - 21 Sep 2012
Submitted by	[email protected] on 30 Oct 2012
Subject category	Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN LHC ; LHCb
Free keywords	Si microstrip and pad detectors ; Particle tracking detectors ; Detector control systems
Abstract	The LHCb Silicon Tracker is part of the main tracking system of the LHCb detector at the LHC. It measures very precisely the particle trajectories coming from the interaction point in the region of high occupancies around the beam axis. It covers the full acceptance angle in front of the dipole magnet in the Tracker Turicensis station and the innermost part around the beam axis in the three Inner Tracker stations downstream of the magnet. The Silicon Tracker covers a sensitive area of 12 m2 using silicon micro-strip sensors with very long readout strips. We report on running experience for the experiment. Focussing on electronic and hardware issues we describe some of the lessons learned and pitfalls encountered after three years of successful operation.
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