SIMULATION STUDIES OF A SCINTILLATING-FIBER TRACKER FOR THE SDC DETECTOR

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HERTZLER, J [1 ]
LEWIS, RA [1 ]
MITCHELL, GS [1 ]
MOORE, RS [1 ]
SMITH, GA [1 ]
WALSH, TF [1 ]
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[1] PENN STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS,ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SCI LAB,UNIV PK,PA 16802
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10.1016/0168-9002(94)90084-1
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
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0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
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Six design options for a scintillating fiber inner tracker for the SDC detector operating at the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) are simulated. Concentric cylindrical configurations of axial fiber superlayers, ranging from four to six in number, are considered. Tracks from events generated by Pythia 4.8 at rates up to ten times design luminosity are swum through the tracker. Algorithms for reconstructing tracks of physics interest with p(T) > 10 GeV/c among a background of low PT tracks are described. The optimum configuration found permits level 1 triggering up to eta = 2.3 at ten times design luminosity. Inclusion of additional stereo fibers in this configuration permits level 2 stereo reconstruction up to eight times design luminosity.
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页码:355 / 362
页数:8
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