Detectors
Daresbury's expertise in the area
of detector technology offers a potentially huge benefit to a broad
spectrum of hi-tech industries, and is a major strength of the
campus. It has world class expertise in designing and making
particle physics detectors such as the Compact Muon Solenoid
(CMS).
STFC staff at Daresbury SIC designed and built the word's
fastest 2D x-ray detector - the Rapid System. It is used on the
synchrotron radiation system and other synchrotrons worldwide.
Real opportunities also exist in the semi conductor industry,
where Daresbury's detector expertise can be applied to researching
the efficiency of silicon devices.