  Micro-channel cooling initially aiming at small-sized high-power integrated
circuits is being transferred to the field of high energy physics. Today`s
prospects of micro-fabricating silicon opens a door to a more direct cooling of
detector modules. The challenge in high energy physics is to save material in
the detector construction and to cool large areas. In this paper, we are
investigating micro-channel cooling as a candidate for a future cooling system
for silicon detectors in a generic research and development approach. The work
presented in this paper includes the production and the hydrodynamic and
thermal testing of a micro-channel equipped prototype optimized to achieve a
homogeneous flow distribution. Furthermore, the device was simulated using
finite element methods.
