Large Area Silicon Tracking: New Perspectives

TL;DR

This paper discusses recent advancements and future perspectives in large area silicon tracking technology, emphasizing its proven success at LHC and potential applications in future colliders and astrophysics.

Contribution

It highlights new perspectives and alternative approaches in silicon tracking driven by recent successes and upcoming needs for future high-energy physics experiments.

Findings

Proven success of silicon trackers at LHC.

Ongoing R&D for upgrade and new applications.

Enhanced synergy with other physics experiments.

Abstract

The successful running of the large area Silicon trackers of ATLAS and CMS at LHC, and the ongoing R&D for the upgrade of these tracking systems, in various stages, over this decade, are a full proof of this technology and of its still impressive potential. The Linear Collider project is waiting for the possible discovery of a light Higgs at LHC maybe by end of 2012. These facts opened a new phase for the R&D on Silicon tracking for the Linear Collider, with enhanced synergy with LHC, Astrophysics and other HEP experiments, thus leading to new perspectives and alternatives.