Irradiation aging of the electronics of the ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker

Talk for a workshop on April 23, 2018 about Radiation effects at the LHC experiments and impact on operation and performance. Plots show the threshold drift over 2 years as is seen in the TRT and ATLAS, showing saturation of threshold drift after run 1. Other slides are studies done in 2013/2014 showing the effects of a Co-60 source on the thresholds, showing threshold drift effects at 30 kRad (effective dose in ATLAS after Run 1) and beyond. The take away from these slides is that the radiation effects saturate and stabilize after around 30 kRads