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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/880
SUMMARY:Raw Data Analysis of ATLAS Backgrounds
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Michael Kruskal\n\nPart of the Preliminary Oral Exam.
	\n\nExamining Committee:  Steve Ahlen\, John Butler\, Ken Lane\, and R
	ichard Averitt\nAbstract:Decisions about the Phase I upgrade of the LHC pla
	nned for 2018 are being made now.  One of the planned upgrades is to r
	eplace the small wheels of the muon spectrometer endcaps.  Starting fr
	om raw data collected from the MDT system\, an analysis of the background e
	nvironment in the small wheel region is presented in this talk.  After
	 being thoroughly verified to be consistent with what is known about ATLAS;
	 the neutron\, proton\, and muon backgrounds are analyzed.  It is show
	n that the only significant background in the small wheel area is from low 
	energy muons.  In the big wheel there is a significant proton backgrou
	nd contributing to the current level I trigger crisis\, which is the primar
	y reason for the small wheel upgrade.  With both of these results\, th
	e small wheel upgrade is necessary and sufficient to avoid a level I trigge
	r problem at higher luminosities.
LOCATION:PRB 365\, 3 Cummington Mall\, 02215
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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