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Participation of COMSATS-CIIT (Islamabad) in ALICE. COMSATS (Commission on Science and Technology for sustainable Development in the South) CIIT ( Institute of Information and Technology) , Team Leader Prof. Arshad Batthi Participation in ALICE ● associate member since 2010
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Participation of COMSATS-CIIT (Islamabad) in ALICE • COMSATS (Commission on Science and Technology for sustainable Development in the South) • CIIT (Institute of Information and Technology) , Team Leader Prof. Arshad Batthi • Participation in ALICE • ● associate member since 2010 • ● full member since March 2012 • Activities • ● Computing computing facilities for ALICE grid • ● Physics participation in heavy flavour physics analysis • ● ITS (silicon tracker) Upgrade • Design, simulation, fabrication and test of silicon sensors • Study and characterization of radiation damage in detectors • Readout electronics
Example of CIIT infrastructures available for ALICE Center for Micro and Nano Device Fabrication (CMND) • Si processing facilities – unique in Pakistan • Mask aligner (0.5 μm) 4” wafer handling • Wet and dry etching • Growth (PECVD, Sputtering, E-beam evaporation) • Electrical and optical characterization ( C- V, I – V, ellipsometry) • TCAD – design and simulation software for devices