A Study of Muon Collider Background Rejection Criteria in Silicon Vertex and Tracker Detectors

TL;DR

This paper investigates background rejection techniques for silicon vertex and tracker detectors at a muon collider, using simulations to evaluate methods like timing, energy, and hit location correlation to reduce beam-induced background hits.

Contribution

It presents a detailed simulation-based study of background rejection criteria specific to silicon detectors at a muon collider, incorporating realistic beamline and shielding effects.

Findings

Timing, energy, and hit location correlation effectively reduce background hits.

Simulations show the potential for significant background suppression in detector data.

Shielding and detector geometry influence background hit rates.

Abstract

The hit response of silicon vertex and tracking detectors to muon collider beam background and results of a study of hit reducing techniques are presented. The background caused by decays of the 750 GeV/c m+ and m- beams was simulated using the MARS15 program, which included the infrastructure of the beam line elements near the detector and the 10 degree nozzles that shield the detector from this background. The ILCRoot framework, along with the Geant4 program, was used to simulate the hit response of the silicon vertex and tracker detectors to the muon decay background remaining after the shielding nozzles. The background hit reducing techniques include timing, energy deposition, and hit location correlation in the double layer geometry.