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    Design Studies for the Pixelized Readout of a TPC for the ILD

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    A large Time Projection Chamber (TPC) is foreseen as central tracking device of the International Large Detector (ILD), as it provides a large number of measured track points simultaneously with a minimum of material budget. Many modern TPCs rely on micro-pattern gaseous detectors (MPGDs) as amplification stage and a readout based on pads or strips. The performance can be further improved with a pixelized readout structure, as the size of the amplification stage is matched by the granularity of the readout. A pixelized readout can be realized with pixel chips with an integrated Micromegas structure which is added to the chips by techniques of industrial post-processing. The holes of the grid are perfectly aligned to the pixels, i.e. there is only one hole above each pixel. Due to the alignment, the gas amplification takes place directly above a single pixel and the created charge is mostly collected by this pixel. This way, even single electrons of the primary ionization can be separated. To apply this kind of readout in large experiments, such as the TPC of the ILD, the technology has to be available in large quantities, as several square meters of readout area have to be covered. To this end, the original production process is transferred to the production on 8 00-wafers. Post-processed chips from this new production process are tested in terms of energy resolution, occupancy, detection efficiency and discharge stability. The results are compared with those obtained with devices of the original method of fabrication. For the application in a TPC for the ILD it has to be ensured that pixelized readouts are capable of dealing with backgrounds present in the detector. Hence, the two main backgrounds, γγ → hadrons and e+ e--pairs are simulated with the required precision and the performance of an integrated pixel readout is examined, especially with the respect to the momentum resolution required at the ILD

    ILC Reference Design Report Volume 1 - Executive Summary

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    The International Linear Collider (ILC) is a 200-500 GeV center-of-mass high-luminosity linear electron-positron collider, based on 1.3 GHz superconducting radio-frequency (SCRF) accelerating cavities. The ILC has a total footprint of about 31 km and is designed for a peak luminosity of 2x10^34 cm^-2s^-1. This report is the Executive Summary (Volume I) of the four volume Reference Design Report. It gives an overview of the physics at the ILC, the accelerator design and value estimate, the detector concepts, and the next steps towards project realization.The International Linear Collider (ILC) is a 200-500 GeV center-of-mass high-luminosity linear electron-positron collider, based on 1.3 GHz superconducting radio-frequency (SCRF) accelerating cavities. The ILC has a total footprint of about 31 km and is designed for a peak luminosity of 2x10^34 cm^-2s^-1. This report is the Executive Summary (Volume I) of the four volume Reference Design Report. It gives an overview of the physics at the ILC, the accelerator design and value estimate, the detector concepts, and the next steps towards project realization

    ILC Reference Design Report Volume 4 - Detectors

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    This report, Volume IV of the International Linear Collider Reference Design Report, describes the detectors which will record and measure the charged and neutral particles produced in the ILC's high energy e+e- collisions. The physics of the ILC, and the environment of the machine-detector interface, pose new challenges for detector design. Several conceptual designs for the detector promise the needed performance, and ongoing detector R&D is addressing the outstanding technological issues. Two such detectors, operating in push-pull mode, perfectly instrument the ILC interaction region, and access the full potential of ILC physics.This report, Volume IV of the International Linear Collider Reference Design Report, describes the detectors which will record and measure the charged and neutral particles produced in the ILC's high energy e+e- collisions. The physics of the ILC, and the environment of the machine-detector interface, pose new challenges for detector design. Several conceptual designs for the detector promise the needed performance, and ongoing detector R&D is addressing the outstanding technological issues. Two such detectors, operating in push-pull mode, perfectly instrument the ILC interaction region, and access the full potential of ILC physics

    ILC Reference Design Report Volume 3 - Accelerator

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    The International Linear Collider (ILC) is a 200-500 GeV center-of-mass high-luminosity linear electron-positron collider, based on 1.3 GHz superconducting radio-frequency (SCRF) accelerating cavities. The ILC has a total footprint of about 31 km and is designed for a peak luminosity of 2x10^34 cm^-2 s^-1. The complex includes a polarized electron source, an undulator-based positron source, two 6.7 km circumference damping rings, two-stage bunch compressors, two 11 km long main linacs and a 4.5 km long beam delivery system. This report is Volume III (Accelerator) of the four volume Reference Design Report, which describes the design and cost of the ILC.The International Linear Collider (ILC) is a 200-500 GeV center-of-mass high-luminosity linear electron-positron collider, based on 1.3 GHz superconducting radio-frequency (SCRF) accelerating cavities. The ILC has a total footprint of about 31 km and is designed for a peak luminosity of 2x10^34 cm^-2 s^-1. The complex includes a polarized electron source, an undulator-based positron source, two 6.7 km circumference damping rings, two-stage bunch compressors, two 11 km long main linacs and a 4.5 km long beam delivery system. This report is Volume III (Accelerator) of the four volume Reference Design Report, which describes the design and cost of the ILC
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