Muon trigger - simulation

  1. responsibility matrix
  2. software developement schedule
  3. simulation studies
  4. physics questions
  5. track bending, 1
  6. track bending, 2

simulation software

  1. RPC trigger simulation - front page
  2. RPC trigger simulation - components
  3. simulation of PACT algorithm
  4. experience with MTRIG
  5. future of MTRIG
  6. next steps with MTRIG
  7. coding convention for RPC hits
  8. simulation butterfly
  9. MTRIG simple flow chart
  10. MTRIG full flow chart
  11. MTRIG step by step
  12. MTRIG - old and new
  13. many particle calculations

unified simulation criteria

  1. coherent simulation of DT, CSC, and RPC/PPC
  2. sharpness definition
  3. criteria for muon triggers
  4. safety margins
  5. algorithm safety

hit sources and rates

  1. sources of hits
  2. characteristics of minimum bias events
  3. muon secondaries
  4. punchthrough parametrisation
  5. charged hit rates
  6. neutral hit rates
  7. charged and neutral hit rates
  8. trigger rates due to netrals
  9. RPC occupacy due to neutrals
  10. simulation of neutral hits
  11. beam halo, 1
  12. beam halo, 2

efficiency curves and trigger rates

  1. efficiency curves
  2. efficiency parametrisation
  3. treatment of inefficiencies - rates
  4. trigger rate components (1)
  5. trigger rate components (2)
  6. trigger rates at various luminosities
  7. trigger rate components and cuts (TP)
  8. 1 and 2 mu trigger rates and cuts (TP)
  9. low luminosity rates
  10. trigger rates (LOI)
  11. trigger thresholds and rates - summary
  12. trigger rates - Pythia 5.6 vs 5.7
  13. 1 mu trigger thresholds and rates
  14. 2 mu trigger thresholds and rates
  15. study of particle rates with PYTHIA
  16. inclusive b cross section - extrapolation to LHC
  17. b -> mu cross section - extrapolation to LHC
  18. parametisation of muon and hadron rates
  19. comparision of rates for 14 and 16 TeV
  20. comparision of old and new particle rates
  21. comparision of old and new trigger rates

geometrical acceptance of the RPC trigger

  1. RPC geometry in CMSIM007
  2. low and high p_t trigger
  3. mu+/mu- assymetry
  4. less staggered geometry
  5. acceptance vs staggering
  6. acceptance vs eta
  7. dead areas vs gap and wheel widht
  8. origin of dead areas in eta
  9. RPC acceptance: conclusions
  10. RPC acceptance for 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 stations
  11. trigger efficiency of "strong 3/4" algorithm: "good" region (80% of 4/4)
  12. trigger efficiency of "strong 3/4" algorithm: "bad" region (50% of 4/4)

stability of algorithms

  1. stability - front page
  2. cut quality - front page
  3. pattern tails
  4. cut quality plots
  5. cut quality - conclusions
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