Muon trigger - RPC

  1. RPC trigger principle (long)
  2. RPC trigger principle (short)
  3. RPC trigger - how it works
  4. RPC trigger - basics
  5. trigger requirements on RPC
  6. RPC system - main features
  7. RPC/PPC trigger plans

Resistive Plate Chambers

  1. RPC and PPC chambers
  2. status of RPC R&D
  3. RPC rate capability
  4. RPC developement
  5. linseed oil - a noncoventional ingredient

RPC system: optimisation, granularity, performance

  1. system optimisation
  2. RPC granularity
  3. RPC strip lenght
  4. RPC strip width
  5. how many RPC
  6. number of chambers and channels
  7. chamber dimensions

Pattern Comparator Trigger (PACT)

  1. PACT - how it works
  2. various ideas about trigger processors
  3. considerations about lookup table methods
  4. eta segmentation (old)
  5. eta segmentation (new)
  6. choice of the reference station
  7. reference station - various possibilities
  8. 1/4 of MS2 as a reference station - possible solutions
  9. segment processor tasks
  10. treatment of inefficiencies
  11. various "3 out of 4" algorithms
  12. pattern examples
  13. number of patterns vs p_t cut
  14. trigger granularity vs p_t (OR'ing scheme)
  15. (eta, p_t) map of OR'ing scheme (old)
  16. (eta, p_t) map of OR'ing scheme (new)
  17. interconnections in phi between segmnents
  18. PACT logic
  19. PACT implementation
  20. barrel and forward PACT chips
  21. characteristics of the PACT chips (old)
  22. characteristics of the PACT chip (new)
  23. PACT - how it works
  24. PACT - how it works
  25. PACT board
  26. place for trigger electronics
  27. RPC jitter
  28. RPC/PPC trigger latency

RPC clusters and declustering algorithms

  1. RPC clusters measured by Bari group 11.95
  2. cluster size parametrisation
  3. RPC strip width and cluster size in CMS (small clusters)
  4. RPC strip width and cluster size in CMS (big clusters)
  5. declustering algorithm
  6. Geant simulation of muon secondaries in RPC
  7. results of the simulation of muon secondaries in RPC
  8. error of declustering algorithm N-2
  9. error of declustering algorithm 2N-5
  10. RPC trigger rates with and without clusters
  11. conclusions on the RPC clusters

RPC readout

  1. physical (readout) and logical (trigger) segmentation
  2. RPC readout segmentation
  3. RPC readout organisation

Parallel Plate Chambers for muon trigger

  1. RPC and PPC coverage
  2. talk at PPC workshop - front page
  3. PPC workshop conclusions
  4. trigger at eta>2 - physics
  5. trigger at eta>2 - various scenarios
  6. trigger at eta>2 - cost estimates

PACT test in RD5

  1. PACT tests in RD5 - idea and setup
  2. PACT tests in RD5 - front page
  3. PACT tests in RD5 - layout of the board
  4. PACT tests in RD5 - front page

RPC trigger test bench

  1. trigger electronics test stand in Warsaw - introduction
  2. trigger electronics test stand in Warsaw - aims
  3. trigger electronics test stand in Warsaw - components
  4. trigger electronics test stand in Warsaw - boards layout
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