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Enclosed-gate layout MOSFETs with guard rings have been fabricated in a commercial 0.18 [micro]m complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology. The static, small signal, and noise performance of the MOSFETs were determined before and after being subjected to ionizing radiation. The transistor design could provide the basis for low-noise radiation-tolerant circuits. Index Terms--Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS), deep submicrometer (DSM), enclosed-gate, radiation, transistor.

We describe a radiation-tolerant controller used to control switched-capacitor arrays. The controller has been developed for the liquid argon calorimeter of the ATLAS detector. Radiation tolerance has been achieved by applying layout, circuit, and system mitigation techniques to a commercial 0.25 [micro]m complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology. Index Terms--Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS), deep submicrometer, front-end electronics, radiation, switched-capacitor array (SCA).

The possibility of producing nonperturbative low-scale gravity states in collider experiments was first discussed in about 1998. The ATLAS and CMS experiments have searched for nonperturbative low-scale gravity states using the Large Hadron Collider with a proton-proton center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. These experiments have now seriously confronted the possibility of producing nonperturbative low-scale gravity states which were proposed over 17 years ago. I will summarize the results of the searches, give a personal view of what they mean, and make some predictions for 13 TeV center-of-mass energy. I will also discuss early ATLAS 13 TeV center-of-mass energy results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is a challenge to explain why neutrinos are so light compared to other leptons. Small neutrino masses can be explained if right-handed fermions propagate in large extra dimensions. Fermions propagating in the bulk would have implications on Higgs boson decays. If the Higgs boson is discovered at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a detailed analysis may reveal the presence of large extra dimensions. This paper reviews the status of large extra-dimensional models in the context of the current limits on Higgs boson masses and the fundamental Planck scale in extra dimensions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Black hole production at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is an interesting consequence of TeV-scale gravity models. The predicted values, or lower limits, for the fundamental Planck scale and number of extra dimensions will depend directly on the accuracy of the black hole production cross-section. We give a range of lower limits on the fundamental Planck scale that could be obtained at LHC energies. In addition, we examine the effects of parton electric charge on black hole production using the trapped-surface approach of general relativity. Accounting for electric charge of the partons could reduce the black hole cross-section by one to four orders of magnitude at the LHC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Black hole production at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was first discussed in 1999. Since then, much work has been performed in predicting the black hole cross-section. In light of the start up of the LHC, it is now timely to review the state of these calculations. We review the uncertainties in estimating the black hole cross-section in higher dimensions. One would like to make this estimate as precise as possible since the predicted values, or lower limits, obtain for the fundamental Planck scale and number of extra dimensions from experiments will depend directly on the accuracy of the cross-section. Based on the current knowledge of the cross-section, we give a range of lower limits on the fundamental Planck scale that could be obtained at LHC energies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Enclosedgate layout MOSFETs with guard rings have been fabricated in a commercial 0.18 μm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology. The static, small signal, and noise performance of the MOSFETs were determined before and after being subjected to ionizing radiation. The transistor design could provide the basis for low-noise radiation-tolerant circuits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]