학술논문

Reconstruction of cosmic and beam-halo muons with the CMS detector.
Document Type
Article
Source
European Physical Journal C -- Particles & Fields. Aug2008, Vol. 56 Issue 3, p449-460. 12p. 5 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 9 Graphs.
Subject
*ELECTRONIC systems
*MUONS
*LEPTONS (Nuclear physics)
*ASTROPHYSICAL collisions
*COLLISIONS (Nuclear physics)
Language
ISSN
1434-6044
Abstract
The powerful muon and tracker systems of the CMS detector together with dedicated reconstruction software allow precise and efficient measurement of muon tracks originating from proton-proton collisions. The standard muon reconstruction algorithms, however, are inadequate to deal with muons that do not originate from collisions. This note discusses the design, implementation, and performance results of a dedicated cosmic muon track reconstruction algorithm, which features pattern recognition optimized for muons that are not coming from the interaction point, i.e., cosmic muons and beam-halo muons. To evaluate the performance of the new algorithm, data taken during Cosmic Challenge phases I and II were studied and compared with simulated cosmic data. In addition, a variety of more general topologies of cosmic muons and beam-halo muons were studied using simulated data to demonstrate some key features of the new algorithm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]