ATLAS Experiment, DRD and FCC Collaborations / ATLAS++

2024 - 2026

Physics studies: Search for new physics in final states with leptons, jets and missing transverse energy; Search for new BSM charged scalars H^Ā±Ā±/ H; BSM searches with machine-learning based methods; Anomaly detection in multilepton final states using machine learning techniques.
Performance studies and analysis software:Electron performance studies with Run-3 data & MC simulations; Study of fake tracks in the core of jets with Run-3 data and MC simulations; Common analysis software tools; Physics Modelling Group.
Data preparation:Non-Collision Background; validation of recorded data, detector conditions
Detector operation and TDAQ:TDAQ Run Coordinator, Run Control, Tile calorimeter and NSW Trigger Processor maintenance, repairs, and operation, DCS; Maintenance of the data acquisition global monitoring tools; TDAQ efficiency tools
Software and computing:Distributed Analysis Support Team; Efficient data retrieval; maintenance and operation of the GRID infrastructure.
Upgrade Phase-II:TDAQ Trigger Processor and Tile calorimeter FE electronics
Outreach & Education:IPPOG masterclass, activities with high school students and teachers, radio & tv shows, bachelor, master and PhD theses; development of HEP related master programme

Scintillating Tile Hadronic Calorimeter for future colliders with TileCal like geometry
Liquified Noble Gas Calorimeters
Allegro calorimeter design studies, conjointly within the FCC and DRD6 collaborations

ATLAS: Physics studies (IFIN-HH, UB), Performance studies and analysis software (IFIN-HH), Data preparation (IFIN-HH, UAIC, UB), Detector operation (IFIN-HH, ITIM, UAIC) and TDAQ (IFIN-HH), Software and computing (IFIN-HH, UPB, UB), Upgrade Phase-II: TDAQ Trigger Processor (IFIN-HH, UPB, UTB), and Tile calorimeter (ITIM), Outreach (everybody)
DRD1: Work Package 1 - Trackers, Hodoscopes, Large area muon systems (IFIN-HH, UPB, UTB); WG4: Modelling and Simulations (IFIN-HH, UB); WG5: Electronics for Gaseous Detectors (IFIN-HH, UPB, UTB)
DRD Calo: Work Package 2: Liquified Noble Gas Calorimeters (IFIN-HH, UB, UPB); Work Package 3: Optical calorimeters (ITIM)
FCC (Allegro): IFIN-HH and ITIM teams decided to merge FCC and DRD6 activitie;Contributions to the design of the Allegro EM and hadronic calorimeters and detector performance studies with simulation. (IFIN-HH, ITIM, UB, UPB)
DRD4: Detector trigger system using the FPGA pulse processing algorithms
DRD7: Work Package 7.5b - From Front-End to Back-End with 100GbE

We will carry-on our established activities on physics studies, performance studies and analysis software, data preparation, detector operation and TDAQ, software and computing.
With LS3 starting late 2026, special attention will be dedicated to fulfil in time our Upgrade Phase-II commitments. The main activities are a) TDAQ Trigger Processor ā hardware design, production, testing, algorithm implementation; b) Tile calorimeter new FE electronics - design of mechanics, production and certification, development of the assembly, installation and certification procedures, demonstrator operation in ATLAS detector - analysis of laser and pedestal data.

The team is contributing to electronics data-acquisition and front-end developments, as well as to improvements and new developments of modeling and simulation software for gaseous detectors and for Micro Pattern Gaseous Detectors (MPGD). These activities will be carried out inside the Working Package 1 and Working Groups 4 and 5 established within the DRD 1 collaboration, according to the tasks and deliverables set within the Collaboration Proposal, which will be reflected in the upcoming MoU.

Contribute visibly and in a collaborative manner to the Allegro calorimeter design studies, conjointly within the FCC and DRD6 collaborations; share software tools developed in this goal with the community. (IFIN-HH, ITIM, UB, UPB)
R&D for the geometry optimization of the Hadron calorimeters with scintillating tiles readout by wavelength shifting fibres and SiPMs readout in the frame of ALLEGRO detector concept. (ITIM)
Mechanical design of a HCal Barrel test-beam module and a custom assembly & manipulation system. (ITIM)
Construction of a set of test-beam modules (3-5 units) with SiPMs readout. (ITIM)

Develop a fast multichannel acquisition trigger system designed specifically for Time Of Flight (TOF) measurements in particle physics experiments based on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs).

We are discussing with the DRD7 community the possibility to join the DRD 7 Project 7.5b (From Front-End to Back-End with 100GbE) and contribute our developments on FPGA-based high-bandwidth data acquisition techniques based on RDMA technology to the DRD7.

Physics studies, performance studies and analysis software, data preparation, detector operation and TDAQ, software and computing, Phase-II Upgrade (stage I)
Expected results: publications, presentations to conferences, software tools and applications, R&D results, prototype, and equipment.

Physics studies, performance studies and analysis software, data preparation, detector operation and TDAQ, software and computing, Phase-II Upgrade, Detector RD, FCC (stage II)
Expected results: publications, presentations to conferences, software tools and applications, R&D results, prototype and equipment

Physics studies, performance studies and analysis software, data preparation, detector operation and TDAQ, software and computing, Phase-II Upgrade, Detector RD, FCC (stage III)
Expected results: publications, presentations to conferences, software tools and applications, R&D results, prototype and equipment