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The APV25 readout ASIC, developed for the CMS silicon tracker and used in a number of other experiments, has been chosen as the readout technology for the HPS tracking and vertexing system. SLAC is currently commissioning the prototype DAQ for the HPS Test Run, to occur next Spring, using CMS silicon modules. Within the next few weeks we will also be prototyping the first modules for HPS and beginning to test them with the rest of the DAQ system. There are a large number of tasks to be undertaken, from helping assemble modules in the cleanroom, to debugging the DAQ, to testing HPS prototype modules in order to benchmark and optimize their performance.

For a student with the right skills and interests, this project has the potential to evolve into a participation in the HPS test run at JLab next Spring.

Please contact Tim Nelson for more information regarding this project.