Silicon vertex tracker: A Fast precise tracking trigger for CDF

Conference · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00190-X· OSTI ID:12562

Ashmanskas, W.

The Silicon Vertex Tracker (SVT), currently being built for the CDF II experiment, is a hardware device that reconstructs 2-D tracks online using measurements from the Silicon Vertex Detector (SVXII) and the Central Outer Tracker (COT). The precise measurement of the impact parameter of the SVT tracks will allow, for the first time in a hadron collider environment, to trigger on events containing B hadrons that are very important for many studies, such as CP violation in the b sector and searching for new heavy particles decaying to $$b\bar{b}$$. In this report we describe the overall architecture, algorithms and the hardware implementation of the SVT.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• Contributing Organization: CDF
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 12562
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-99-219-E; oai:inspirehep.net:505050; TRN: US0102562
• Journal Information: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 447, Issue 1-2; Conference: 8th International Workshop on Vertex Detectors (Vertex 99), Texel, Netherlands, 20-25 Jun 1999; Other Information: PBD: 7 Oct 1999; ISSN 0168-9002
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALGORITHMS
FERMILAB COLLIDER DETECTOR
HADRONS
IMPACT PARAMETER
IMPLEMENTATION
SILICON
RADIATION DETECTORS
LINEAR COLLIDERS
DESIGN