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Introduction Santa Cruz Institute For Particle Physics (SCIPP) University of California, Santa Cruz

SCIPP is an Organized Research Unit in the University of California SystemDirector: Abraham Seiden • 12 Faculty • 15 PhD Researchers • 7 Technical Staff • 4 Administrative Staff • 15 Graduate Students • Many Undergraduate Students aiding in Research

SCIPP’s Research1980-90 Elementary Particle Physics (Theory & Experiment)1990’s + Astrophysics & Cosmology + Ground-based Astro-Particle Physics+ Technology Base + Infrastructure “Silicon Strip Detectors” “Low-noise ASIC’s” “Radiation-hard ASIC’s” 2000 + Space-based Astro-Particle Physics + Medical Applications “Neuro chip” “Nano Dosimetry”

Moore’s Law: Exponential Growth of Silicon Area Present Silicon SCIPP

Moore’s Law: Exponential Growth of FEE Channel # SCIPP Radiation Hardness

NASA GLAST (Johnson/ Sadrozinski) NSF/NIH Neuro Chip (Litke) DoE Collider Physics BaBar ATLAS NLC NMTB ND (Seiden/Johnson/ Sadrozinski) SCIPP’s Research Clusters 2001 NSF (Coyne) Ground-Based Astro-Particle Direction of Technology Transfer

The SCIPP ND Team Prof. Abraham Seiden PI Prof. Hartmut Sadrozinski Si Detectors (Prof. Robert Johnson ASIC’s) Dr. Wilko Kroeger DAQ Patrick Spradlin TOT, SSD Brian Keeney MCM, Mechanics (Arend van der Zande SPICE) (Bill Rowe Wire Bonding) (Alec Webster Mechanical )

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