@article{3064896,
    title = "The ATLAS muon micromegas R&D project: Towards large-size chambers for the s-LHC",
    author = "Alexopoulos, T. and Altintas, A. and Alviggi, M. and Arik, M. and Cetin, A. and Chernyatine, V. and Cheu, E. and Della Volpe, D. and Dris, M. and Fassouliotis, D. and Gazis, N. and Giordano, R. and Gratchev, V. and Guan, L. and Iengo, P. and Ioannou, P. and Li, C. and Johns, K. and Kaushik, V. and Khodinov, A. and Kourkoumelis, C. and Maltezos, S. and Mermigka, K. and Müller, H. and Nikolopoulos, K. and Park, W. and Persembe, S. and Petridou, C. and Petti, R. and Polychronakos, V. and Purohit, V. and Sampsonidis, D. and Sekhniaidze, G. and Shao, M. and Sun, J. and Tsipolitis, G. and Veenhof, R. and Wang, L. and Wotschack, J. and Wu, X. and Zhao, T. and Zhao, G.",
    journal = "Journal of Instrumentation",
    year = "2009",
    volume = "4",
    number = "12",
    issn = "1748-0221",
    doi = "10.1088/1748-0221/4/12/P12015",
    keywords = "ATLAS Muon spectrometer;  Baseline systems;  Gaseous detectors;  Industrial production;  Mechanical robustness;  Micro pattern;  Position resolution;  Trigger detetectors, Gas detectors;  Specifications, Spectrometers",
    abstract = "Detectors based on the bulk-Micromegas technology exhibit position resolution better than 100 μm at counting rates of up to several tens of kHz/cm2, along with trigger capabilities. These characteristics, combined with the detector's mechanical robustness and the possibility for cost-effective industrial production, makes them a promising candidate for the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer upgrade in a future luminosity enhancement of the LHC. The R&D project status will be presented together with the obtained results in the effort to define the baseline system specifications. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA."
}