Upgrading ATLAS: Short Strips for the sLHC

It has been proposed to increase the luminosity of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN at around 2017 by an order of magnitude, called the Super-LHC (sLHC). The ATLAS experiment will need a new tracker for sLHC operation due to radiation damage and the increased occupancy. In order to cope with the higher occupancy an all silicon tracker is being designed.