ATLAS Tracking Upgrade Simulations

Contact: Rich Partridge

The SLAC ATLAS group is involved in designing the detector upgrade needed when 
the LHC beams increase in intensity.  One aspect of this work is simulating 
the performance of possible upgrade designs for the tracker, which is used to 
measure the trajectories of charged particles that originate in the
proton-proton collisions at the LHC.  SLAC has developed a suite of Java-based
software tools to simulate proton-proton collisions in the detector, and is the
process of using these tools to compare various tracker design options. We are 
looking for a student to assist in carrying out these simulations and/or 
developing additional simulation tools that may be needed. This project 
requires prior programming experience, preferably in Java.