Implementation and Performance of the Tau Trigger in the ATLAS Experiment
Triggering on hadronic taus at the LHC is a difficult task due to the high rate and occupancy of the events. On the other hand, the tau trigger increases the discovery potential of ATLAS in many physics channels, among others the Standard Model or SuperSymmetric Higgs (charged or neutrals) production. In order to cope with the rate and optimize the efficiency on important physics channels, the results of the current simulation studies indicate that the ATLAS tau trigger should be used either with relatively high transverse momentum thresholds alone, or with more relaxed threshold requirements in combination with other triggers, like the missing transverse energy trigger or a leptonic or jet trigger. In this contribution we describe the ATLAS tau trigger, and we present some of the current results from the simulation studies, focusing both on early physics and on physics at high luminosity.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 1029516
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-14752; TRN: US1201491
- Journal Information:
- Acta Phys.Polon.Supp.1:421-424,2008, Conference: Prepared for 27th International Conference on Physics in Collision (PIC 2007), Annecy, France, 26-29 Jun 2007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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