19โ€“22 Jul 2006
UBC, Vancouver, Canada
Europe/Zurich timezone

Session

Detector/ Tracking

19 Jul 2006, 13:30
UBC, Vancouver, Canada

UBC, Vancouver, Canada

Presentation materials

  1. Bruce Schumm
    19/07/2006, 13:30
    An introduction to the tracking sessions at this ALCPG meeting will be presented.
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  2. Norman Graf (SLAC)
    19/07/2006, 13:40
    An overview of the existing tracking software will be given and examples of its use will be demonstrated.
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  3. Nick Sinev
    19/07/2006, 13:55
    I am going to compare different track fitting algorithms and investigate factors limiting resolution of different track parameters in different areas of phase space (low Pt - high Pt, central-forward). Currently I have only 2 track fitting algorithms available in org.lcsim - simple circle fitter and weight matrix based (SLD-like) algorithm. I hope that Kalman filter based algorithm may be...
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  4. Dr Fred Blanc (University of Colorado)
    19/07/2006, 14:10
    We present tracking finding studies with the SODTracker package for the outer SiD tracker, and track fitting studies using Kalman filter fitters. Based on seed tracks found in the vertex tracker, the SODTracker uses an efficient propagation algorithm to find tracks in the outer detector. For optimal resolution tracks need to be fit with Kalman filter techniques, taking into account...
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  5. Richard Partridge (Off-White University)
    19/07/2006, 14:25
    One of the approaches to track finding in SiD is to identify track seeds in the silicon pixel vertex detector and then associate hits with the seeds in the silicon strip outer tracker. This talk describes tracking code developed in the org.lcsim framework that constructs track seeds from 3D hit measurements and verifies the presence of a track using the other layers of the tracker. ...
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  6. Bruce Schumm
    19/07/2006, 14:40
    I will discuss results, progress, and open questions regarding the use of Tim Nelson's axial tracking algorithm to "clean up" the tracking by finding tracks that begin outside the reach of the vertex detector.
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  7. Christian Hansen (University of Victoria)
    19/07/2006, 14:55
    The result of a TPC software meeting at DESY in June is being presented. Detailed common software standards were agreed upon in order to facilitate the exchange of code and data. A MarlinTPC package will be written into a central software repository at DESY.
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  8. Joel Goldstein (RAL)
    19/07/2006, 15:10
    A package of vertex tools for use within exisiting ILC software frameworks is under development by the LCFI Collaboration. I will describe the features that this package will provide, and its current status.
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  9. Norman Graf (SLAC)
    19/07/2006, 15:20
    I will discuss some of the design requirements for ILC vertexing and present the current status and future plans for the software.
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  10. Tim Nelson (SLAC)
    20/07/2006, 08:30
    The SiD concept achieves the performance goals for tracking at the ILC with a novel, all-silicon tracker. This design relies upon new techniques in readout electronics and sensor design that must be successfully prototyped as a proof-of-principle. The current design will be described in detail and the status of efforts to prototype and test the critical components will be discussed.
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  11. Keith Riles (University of Michigan)
    20/07/2006, 08:55
    Recent progress in tracker alignment R&D at Michigan will be reported. Dual-laser frequency scanning interferometery (FSI) has proven to work well in reducing systematic uncertainties due to temperature fluctuations which limit single-laser FSI measurements under realistic detector conditions. Results of several recent tests carried out to cross-check the precision of the dual-laser...
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  12. Bruce Schumm (UC Santa Cruz)
    20/07/2006, 09:20
    We will report on progress in the development of the readout of silicon strips with power-cycled long shaping-time readout at SCIPP.
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  13. Jason Abernathy (University of Victoria)
    20/07/2006, 10:30
    We give details of the software being developed at UVic for the study of the effets of a non-homogenous magnetic field on TPC tracking.
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  14. Madhu Dixit (Carleton University)
    20/07/2006, 10:50
    The Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) readout TPC, proposed for the International Linear Collider (ILC), will have to measure 200 track points with a transverse resolution close to 100 microns. It will be difficult to meet the resolution goal with conventional MPGD readout techniques if 2 mm x 6 mm pads were used as was initially envisioned. Reducing the pad width to improve...
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  15. Dan Peterson (Cornell University)
    20/07/2006, 11:10
    The Cornell/Purdue prototype TPC, first commissioned in December 2004, has an active area of 10cm square and a drift length of 64cm. The present readout includes 56 channels of 14 bit, 105 MHz, flash-ADCs. Revised readout pad boards, installed in March 2006, include a combination of 5mm and 2mm pads. Recent studies of various gas-amplification devices will be discussed. These include...
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  16. Jan Timmermans (NIKHEF)
    20/07/2006, 11:30
    Latest developments in the application of silicon pixel readout for a TPC will be discussed.
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  17. Ron Settles (MPI Munich)
    20/07/2006, 11:50
    A Time Projection Chamber is being investigated as central tracker for the detector at the ILC. To provide a comparison and explore the potential improvements using Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors, Gas Electron Multipliers (GEM) and Micromegas (MM), compared with Multi-Wire Proportional Chambers, which have used up to now in TPCs, several small prototype chambers (diameter ca. 30cm) have...
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