Characterization of diamond sensors in ATLAS pixel read-out electronics

Particle tracking in high energy experiments such as ATLAS require the use of semiconducting pixel detectors. The proposed luminosity upgrade of the LHC will create an environment which will require those pixel detectors to survive fluences up to 1016 particles per cm 2 over the duration of their use. Synthetic diamonds are being researched for viability as pixel detectors in an sLHC environment.;A single crystal diamond detector using ATLAS pixel read-out electronics has been irradiated to 0.7 x 1015 protons per cm 2, and the charge collection inside a pixel cell was studied in a high energy particle beam. Software has been created to determine data quality, and an analysis package has been developed to perform event selection, hit reconstruction, device alignment, track reconstruction and analyze charge collected for existing beam test data. New USB-based hardware was implemented to assist in the characterization and calibration of ATLAS pixel devices, and the hardware's feasibility for use in a beam telescope has been studied.