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STAR PIXEL Detector Mechanical Design H.H. Wieman, E. Anderssen, L. Greiner, H.S. Matis , H.G. Ritter, X. Sun and M. Szelezniak Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ,Berkeley, CA 94720, USA E-mail: hhwieman@ Abstract: A high resolution pixel detector is being designed for the STAR experiment at RHIC. This device will use MAPS as the detector element and will have a pointing accuracy of ~25 microns. We will be reporting on the mechanical design required to support this resolution. The radiation length of the first layer (~0.3% X0) and its distance from the interaction point (2.5 cm) determines the resolution. The design makes use of air cooling and thin carbon composite structures to limit the radiation length. The mechanics are being developed to achieve spatial calibrations and stability to 20 microns and to permit rapid detector replacement in event of radiation damage or other potential failures from operation near the beam. Keywords: pixel; vertex, MAPS. Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Mechanical Design 2 2.1 Silicon Support Design 3 2.2 Detector cooling 3 3. Mechanical Design Simulation and Analysis 4 3.1 Ladder Support Structure 4 3.1.1 Control of Gravity Sag 4 3.1.2 Control of Thermal Expansion Induced Deformation 5 3.1.3 Ladder Cooling Analysis 5 4. Conclusion 7 Introduction An inner PIXEL detector is being designed and prototyped for the STAR experiment at RHIC. This is part of the STAR1 Heavy Flavor Tracker (HFT) upgrade project. A main function of this detector is improved detection of D mesons through topological reconstruction within the high track environment of Au on Au collisions2. The mechanical design has been driven by the following design goals: Minimize multiple coulomb scattering, particularly at the inner most layer Locate the inner layer as close to the interaction region as possible Allow rapid detector replacement Provide complete spatial mapping of the pixels from the beginning The first two goals, multiple coulomb scattering