Improvements to the LC Muon Tracking and Identification Software
Abstract
Evolution of the Muon-ID package originally written by R. Markeloff at NIU. The original method used a helical swimmer to extrapolate the tracks from the Interaction Point and to collect hits in all sub-detectors: the electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeters and the muon detector. The package was modified to replace the swimmer by a stepper which does account both for the effects of the magnetic field and for the losses by ionization in the material encountered by the particle. The Modified package shows a substantial improvement in the efficiency of muon identification. It was applied on bbar-b jets and the muon detection efficiency and purity was studied. Further improvement should be reached by accounting for stochastic processes via the utilization of the Kalman filter.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0604200,
title = {Improvements to the LC Muon Tracking and Identification Software},
author = {C. Milstene and G. Fisk and A. Para},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0604200},
year = {2008}
}
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PDF,6 pages,4 Figures,2 Tables. Presented at the 2005 International Linear Collider Workshop, Stanford,U.S.A, PSN1011 in the proceeding-typo corrected