The Silicon Strip Tracker of the Cms Experiment

The CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider will have a large Silicon Strip Tracker. The status of the project is here reviewed. The detector layout is presented, and some of the expected performances are discussed. The problem of radiation damage of silicon sensor is addressed, and the final choice for the silicon technology is shown. The construction of such a large scale detector requires an adequate organization, which is here discussed. Finally the present status of the Silicon Strip Tracker construction is presented.