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Micromegas chambers for the experiment ATLAS at the LHC (A Brief Overview)

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The increase in luminosity and energy of the Large hadron collider (LHC) in the next upgrade (Phase-1) in 2018–2019 will lead to a significant increase in radiation load on the ATLAS detector, primarily in the areas close to the interaction point of the LHC proton beams. One of these regions is the Small Wheel of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer. It is planned to be replaced with the New Small Wheel that will have Micromegas chambers as main coordinate detectors. The paper gives an overview of all existing types of Micromegas detectors with special focus on the Micromegas chambers for the ATLAS detector upgrade.

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Original Russian Text © A.L. Gongadze, 2016, published in Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2016, Vol. 47, No. 2.

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Gongadze, A.L. Micromegas chambers for the experiment ATLAS at the LHC (A Brief Overview). Phys. Part. Nuclei 47, 270–289 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779616020027

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