Muon Detection Based on a Hadronic Calorimeter

The ATLAS Tile hadronic calorimeter (TileCal) provides highly-segmented energy measurements of incoming particles. The information from TileCal's last segmentation layer can assist in muon tagging and it is being considered for a near future upgrade of the level-one trigger, mainly for rejecting triggers due to cavern background at the barrel region. A muon receiver for the TileCal muon signals is being designed in order to interface with the ATLAS level-one trigger. This paper addresses the preliminary studies concerning the muon discrimination capability for the muon receiver. Monte Carlo simulations for single muons from the interaction point were used to study the effectiveness of hadronic calorimeter information on muon detection.

Muon detection
nuclear electronics
particle calorimetry
position sensitive particle detectors
radiation effects
ATLAS
Monte Carlo simulation
TileCal muon signal
hadronic calorimeter
high-segmented energy measurement

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