Detector Seminar - The Forschungs- und Technologiezentrum Detektorphysik (FTD) – A new facility for future (and current) detector development at the University of Bonn

The new Research and Technology Center Detector Physics (Forschungs- und
Technologiezentrum Detektorphysik - FTD) has been handed over in July 2021 to the
University of Bonn. The FTD offers about 2000 m2 of highly specialized laboratory space and
900 m2 of office space for cutting-edge research in detector physics. The new building pools
the expertise of currently 13 working groups at Bonn University, developing instrumentation
for large experiments like ATLAS, ALICE, but also for smaller-scale experiments at the local
accelerators ELSA and cyclotron. The detectors developed at the FTD include
semiconductor pixel detectors, micropattern gaseous detectors, photonic devices,
scintillating fibers and high-resolution calorimeters. Apart from individual laboratory space
assigned to each working group, the FTD provides common infrastructure that is open (upon
application) to both internal and external users. The common infrastructure contains an
Underground Lab, a construction hall that allows for large and heavy detector setups, and a
clean room facility of about 360 m2 that offers facilities for nano- and microstructuring of
materials, micro-bonding and fine-pitch interconnections, and for the assembly of sensitive
detector modules. The cleanroom of the FTD possesses two yellow light areas with wet
benches and other equipment needed for photolithography and the handling of organic and
anorganic substances. Here, the production of microstructures like GEM foils and InGrids is
planned. One big asset of the FTD is that the production of the devices, their quality control
as well as their application is housed in one building. The facilities at the FTD are
complemented by the possibility to use two local accelerators for detector tests. Therefore
the FTD and its accompanying research infrastructure offers an unique opportunity to
develop, commission and investigate novel types of particle detectors. In the talk a selection
of the broad research activity at the FTD will be presented.