Gallas Torreira, Abraham AntonioAdeva Andany, BernardoRodríguez Pérez, PabloUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Facultade de Física. Departamento de Física de Partículas. Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías2014-07-302014-07-302014-07-30http://hdl.handle.net/10347/11015This thesis covers most of my research from 2007 to 2013 as a member of the High Energy Physics group in the Particle Physics department at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Most of this work was performed on the LHCb experiment. At rst, I was involved in the installation and commissioning of the Silicon Tracker (ST) detector. The ST is a silicon micro-strip detector which provides precise momentum measurements of ionizing particles coming from the collisions. Afterwards I joined the VErtex LOcator (VELO) upgrade project in the research and development of new sensor technologies for the LHCb upgrade.engEsta obra atópase baixo unha licenza internacional Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0. Calquera forma de reprodución, distribución, comunicación pública ou transformación desta obra non incluída na licenza Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 só pode ser realizada coa autorización expresa dos titulares, salvo excepción prevista pola lei. Pode acceder Vde. ao texto completo da licenza nesta ligazón: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.glhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.glLHCbthe Silicon Tracker (ST) detectorthe VErtex LOcator (VELO)The Standard Model (Standard Model (SM)) of Particle PhysicsMaterias::Investigación::22 Física::2208 Nucleónica::220806 Detectores de partículasMaterias::Investigación::22 Física::2299 Otras especialidades físicas: 229002 Física Experimental de Altas EnergíasMaterias::Investigación::33 Ciencias tecnológicas::3307 Tecnología electrónica::330791 Microelectrónica. Tecnología del siliciodoctoral thesisopen access