Department of Detector Development and Data Processing

• Investigation of basic properties of matter in the framework of international particle physics experiments
• Development of new detectors
• Data processing

Investigation of basic properties of matter in the framework of international particle physics experiments

The ATLAS experiment at the LHC collider at CERN – we have been collaborating for a long time on the development and operation of the TILECAL hadron calorimeter and the processing of experiment results. We participate in the development and testing of detectors for ATLAS ITK - planned upgrade of the ATLAS inner detector.

The NOvA experiment operated by the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, IL, USA. Our main task is the responsibility in the run coordinating the whole experiment. We develop test facilities for subdetectors.

The DØ experiment at the TEVATRON proton-antiproton collider in Fermilab. It finished data collection in 2011 and now is analyzing the collected data set. We have contributed to the experiment design and participate in data processing.

The H1 experiment at the HERA electron-proton collider in the DESY laboratory in Hamburg, Germany. The data taking has been finished in June 2007, physics analyses continue. We study the structure of protons and photons, jet physics and diffraction physics.

The DIRAC experiment at CERN studies the space-time development of interactions through the correlations of pion pairs. Data taking finished in 2012. Our contribution is mostly in the analysis of systematic errors caused by finite dimensions of production regions.

Development of new detectors

We participate in the CALICE project, which aims at developing calorimeters for the future ILC accelerator, in the area of calibration and monitoring systems. We also participate in European project AIDA-2020 for the advanced European infrastructures for detectors at accelerators. Our tasks are connected to the calorimeter calibration and data acquisition.

We cooperate with other departments of the Division in the development of detectors and electronic circuitry for new projects. We develop detector components, such as space-efficient radiation-resistant low-voltage power supplies.

Data processing

We have founded the Regional Computing Center for Particle Physics, which is located in the Institute of Physics. The Center is run by a specialized Department of Networking and Communication Systems of our Institute. We participate in the LCG project, run by CERN, whose goal is to integrate computing resources for the LHCproject. We also collaborate with the Czech academic network operator CESNET on expanding the Center and integrating it into the international grid. We are operating and developing the computing infrastructure of the Division.