Documentation About the MC40 Proton Facility

Papers

These papers document the characterization of the irradiation facility and description of the operational procedures.

• Recent results and experience with the Birmingham MC40 irradiation facility (2017)
• Upgrade to the Birmingham Irradiation Facility (2015)
• The Birmingham Irradiation Facility (2013)

Theses

As always, the technical documentation is available only in the theses of past students.

Search for Production of Dark Matter in Association with a Higgs Boson Decaying to b-bbar with the ATLAS Detector, M. Baca

Section 3.5, "The Birmingham Irradiation Facility", describes the work done to commission the facility for ITk Strip sensor irradiations. Includes description of:

• thermal model for the sample cooling