Objective
Particle physics is at the forefront of the ERA, attracting a global community of more than 10,000 scientists. With the upgrade of the LHC and the preparation of new experiments, the community will have to overcome unprecedented challenges in order to answer fundamental questions concerning the Higgs boson, neutrinos, and physics beyond the Standard Model. Major developments in detector technology are required to ensure the success of these endeavours.
The AIDA-2020 project brings together the leading European infrastructures in detector development and a number of academic institutes, thus assembling the necessary expertise for the ambitious programme of work. In total, 19 countries and CERN are involved in this programme, which follows closely the priorities of the European Strategy for Particle Physics.
AIDA-2020 aims to advance detector technologies beyond current limits by offering well-equipped test beam and irradiation facilities for testing detector systems under its Transnational Access programme. Common software tools, micro-electronics and data acquisition systems are also provided. This shared high-quality infrastructure will ensure optimal use and coherent development, thus increasing knowledge exchange between European groups and maximising scientific progress. The project also exploits the innovation potential of detector research by engaging with European industry for large-scale production of detector systems and by developing applications outside of particle physics, e.g. for medical imaging.
AIDA-2020 will lead to enhanced coordination within the European detector community, leveraging EU and national resources. The project will explore novel detector technologies and will provide the ERA with world-class infrastructure for detector development, benefiting thousands of researchers participating in future particle physics projects, and contributing to maintaining Europe's leadership of the field.
Fields of science
- natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicshiggs boson
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic and environmental health
- natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsparticle accelerator
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- natural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicsmicroelectronics
- natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsneutrinos
- engineering and technologymedical engineeringdiagnostic imaging
- natural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsgeometry
Call for proposal
H2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
1211 Geneva 23
Switzerland
Participants (37)
1010 Wien
1348 Louvain La Neuve
1784 Sofia
10000 Zagreb
18221 Praha 8
75015 Paris 15
75794 Paris
22607 Hamburg
55122 Mainz
76131 Karlsruhe
80539 Muenchen
53113 Bonn
1121 Budapest
69978 Tel Aviv
38122 Trento
00044 Frascati
01513 Vilnius
5020 Bergen
30-059 Krakow
3004 516 Coimbra
1000 Ljubljana
28040 Madrid
28006 Madrid
08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
50018 Zaragoza
22100 Lund
SN2 1FL Swindon
CB2 1TN Cambridge
WC1E 6BT London
BS8 1QU Bristol
G12 8QQ Glasgow
L69 7ZX Liverpool
M13 9PL Manchester
B15 2TT Birmingham
OX1 2JD Oxford
8092 Zuerich
1211 Geneve