ATLAS Detector Status & Performance€¦ · HLT on (τ) for TAU5 HLT on (μ) for MU0 fwd 300 Hz Trigger output: typically 300 Hz History: L < few 1027 cm-2 s-1: minimum-bias LVL1

ATLAS status LBNL-MIT LHC Workshop 10-13 August, 2010 H. H. Williams 1

ATLAS Detector Status & PerformanceH. H. Williams (University of Pennsylvania)Representing the ATLAS Collaboration

pT (j1)=420 GeVpT (j2)=320 GeV

Highest-mass di-jetevent observed so far:Mjj = 2.55 TeV


Inner Detector (|η|<2.5, B=2T): Si Pixels, Si strips, Transition Radiation detector (straws) Precise tracking and vertexing,e/π separationMomentum resolution: σ/pT ~ 3.8x10-4 pT (GeV) ⊕ 0.015

Length : ~ 46 m Radius : ~ 12 m Weight : ~ 7000 tons~108 electronic channels3000 km of cables

Muon Spectrometer (|η|<2.7) : air-core toroids with gas-based muon chambersMuon trigger and measurement with momentum resolution < 10% up to Eμ ~ 1 TeV

EM calorimeter: Pb-LAr Accordione/γ trigger, identification and measurementE-resolution: σ/E ~ 10%/√E

HAD calorimetry (|η|<5): segmentation, hermeticityFe/scintillator Tiles (central), Cu/W-LAr (fwd)Trigger and measurement of jets and missing ETE-resolution: σ/E ~ 50%/√E ⊕ 0.03

3-level triggerreducing the ratefrom 40 MHz to~200 Hz

The ATLAS Detector

ATLAS status LBNL-MIT LHC Workshop 10-13 August, 2010 H. H. Williams

Operational Efficiency

Pixel

SCT

TRT

100% channels operational97%

95% data-taking efficiency

Fraction of data labeled “Good” by subsystem

Fraction of Channels Operational by subsystem

Integrated Luminosity

(Efficiency includes time to ramp pixel, silicon bias voltage after stable beams declared)

Luminosity detectors calibratedwith van der Meer scans. Luminosity known today to ~11% (error dominated by knowledge of beam currents)

LArEMCalor

TileCalor

EndCLArCalor

ForwLArCalor

LVL1CaloTrig

LVL1MuonRPCTrig LVL1

MuonTGCTrig

MuonDriftTube

MuonCSC

RPCDet.

TGCDet.


Trigger commissioning and operation3 levels: LVL1, LVL2, Event Filter (EF) High-Level-Trigger (HLT) : LVL2 and EF

Un-prescaled rates of some LVL1 items vs L

HLT on (e/γ) for EM2, EM3J5 pre-scaled

HLT on (τ)for TAU5

HLT on (μ) for MU0 fwd

300 Hz

Trigger output: typically 300 HzHistory:

L < few 10 27 cm-2 s-1: minimum-bias LVL1 trigger: hits in scintillatorcounters (MBTS) located at Z=± 3.5 m from collision centreL > 1027 cm-2 s-1 : MBTS prescaled(only fraction of events recorded)0thers items (EM2, J5, TAU5, MU0..): un-prescaled

L ~ 1029 cm-2 s-1: start to activate HLTchains to cope with increasing ratewhile running with low LVL1 thresholds.Jet items: prescaled (HLT rejection small)Figure gives examples for L up 7x1029


Tracking efficiency at HLT for electron candidates with ET

off (calo) > 5 GeV

Crucial for J/ψ ee

LVL1 jet trigger efficiency for the lowest threshold (J5)

Crucial for jet cross-section

LVL1 forward muon trigger efficiencyfor the lowest threshold (MU0)

Crucial for di-muon resonances

Example of trigger performance studies


ATLAS Inner Detector Tracking

η < 2.5Immersed in 2 Tesla fieldIntrinsic Position Resolution10μ pixels, 17μ SCT, ~130μ TRT in R,φ115μ pixels, 580μ SCT in z (barrel)

Pixels3 barrel layers, 3 disks each endcap1744 modules

Silicon Strip Detectors (SCT)4 barrel double-sided, 9 disks in endcaps4088 modules

Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT)4 mm straw proportional drift tubesTracking and transition radiation detection298k straws


Pixel Detector - Highlights

• Electronics measures time-over-threshold (Tot)

• Tot ~ charge deposition ~ dE/dx• dE/dx depends on β • 3 pixel hits allows good dE/dx

measurement

Deuterium

Protons

Kaons

Pions

Neg trks Pos trks

σdata~ 25μ

Particle ID via dE/dxPosition Residuals

(Really FWHM/2.35)

φ -> K+K-


Silicon Strip Detector (SCT) - HighlightsSCT Efficiency SCT Residuals

Lorentz Angle – Measured & Modeled

σdata~ 42μ


Transition Radiation Tracker (TRT) - HighlightsMeasures Drift Time and Trans. Rad. Photons Track Position vs Drift Time (R-t)

Position Residuals in TRT Barrel

σdata~ 141μ

Electron ID using Number TR Photons


Combination of Pixel/SCT & TRT Very Powerful


Impact Parameters & Secondary Vertices

Impact Parameter – d0

Decay Length Significance – L/σ

ATLAS status LBNL-MIT LHC Workshop 10-13 August, 2010 H. H. Williams~ 10-45 tracks with pT >150 MeV per vertexVertex z-positions : −3.2, −2.3, 0.5, 1.9 cm (vertex resolution better than ~200 μm)

Event with 4 pp interactions in the same bunch-crossing

Multiple Primary Vertices

Already at 1.6 * 1030 mean number interactions~ 1.3


Λπ-

π-

p

PDG: 1321.32Ξ Λπ

Tracking: from early observation of peaks to cascade decays and J/ψ ee

78 nb-1

J/ψ e+e- Momentum scale known to permil in this rangeResolution as expected (multiple scattering)Complex algorithms (cascades, b-tag, Bremrecovery, …) work wellWorking on material, alignment, data-driven efficiencies, …

- Ks π+π-


J/ψ provides large samples of low-pT muonsto study μ trigger and identification efficiency, resolution and absolute momentum scale in the few GeV range

Absolute momentum scale known to ~ 0.2% and momentum resolution to ~2 % in the few GeV region

J/ψ mass peak vs muon η J/ψ mass resolution vs muon η

PDG

5 MeV

Inner DetectorInner Detector


Mapping the Inner Detector materialwith γ e+e- conversions …

Data

Beam

pip

e Pixe

l 1

Pixe

l 2

Pixel 3

SCT 1SCT 2

√s = 7 TeV

Pixel supportstructures

π0 Dalitzdecays

Reconstructed conversion radiusof γ e+e- from minimum bias

Data show that Pixel supports are displaced in the simulation

Reconstruction of Conversions: γ e+e-

Reconstruction of Conversions veryimportant for Higgs -> γγ and manyOther physics processes

Charged particle interactionsalso being used succesfully.


The ATLAS calorimeter system (1)

Liquid Argon (LAr) detectors in 3 cryostats |η|<5

17m

4m 9m

Surrounded by Tile Calorimeter |η|<1.7

Intrinsically linear and stable with timeIntrinsic radiation-hardExcellent time resolution

Maximum absorption depth at least cost

1780


The ATLAS calorimeter system (2)

Sampling EM calorimeterAbsorber : lead with accordion shapeActive material : liquid argon (90 K)

Readout : large electrodes (2 m2)

S1 : ΔηxΔφ ~ 0.003x0.1

S2 : ΔηxΔφ = 0.025x0.025

γ/π0 separation

Shower develops

Shower ends

PS : ΔηxΔφ ~ 0.025x0.1Recover energy loss

Sampling hadronic calorimetersMix of technologies to cover |η|<5

Steel + Tile scintillators TileCopper + LAr HECCopper/Tungstate + LAr FCal

Hermetic in φ, very granular (173k cells)Good e(γ) resolution, e/jet separation

S3 : ΔηxΔφ = 0.05x0.025

Hermetic (>10 λ) up to |η|<5Good jet and Etmiss resolution

10λ


Performance of EM Calorimeter Extract prompt electron/γ samples using EM calorimeter granularity

Good data-MC agreement for ATLAS EM calorimeter identification variables

S3

S2

S1PS

γ π0Electron vs hadrons

(E±3−E±1)/E±1

E(S1)/Etot

Relative energy outside S1

shower core

ET(cluster)>7 GeV, |η|<2.0, track, EM-like shower in S2

ET>10 GeV, loose identification

>2

16

~4

X0 Layer

(E±3−E±1)/E±1

Photons vs π0

Fraction total energy in S1


Number of clusters in jets pT>7 GeVvs number of tracks

Longitudinal jet profile

Jet radial shape

E(calorimeter)p(tracker)

vs p

Isolated hadrons

E

+5%-5%

Properties of Jets and Calorimeter Response


Jet Energy Scale uncertainty

Jet momenta corrected (for calorimeter non-compensation, material, etc.) usingη/pT-dependent calibration factors derived from MC (need ~ 1 pb-1 for in-situ γj)

Today JES known in ATLAS to : ~ 7%

Dominant uncertainty on jet cross-section measurement Ultimate goal: ~1%

Builds on detailed foundation work tounderstand main ingredients by comparing MC/data (see before)Many sources of systematic uncertainties studied in detail

pTprobe

pTref (| η |< 0.8)

Inter-calibration central-forward checked using jet pT-balance


Missing transverse energy

Calibrated

Measured over ~ full calorimeter coverage (3600 in φ, |η| < 4.5, ~ 200k cells)

Sensitive to calorimeter performance (noise, coherent noise, dead cells, mis-calibrations, cracks, etc.), and cosmics and beam-related backgrounds

ETmiss spectrum from SUSY searches:

events with ≥ 3 high-pT jets

SUSYx10

Calibrated ETmiss from

minimum-bias events


Observed event with hardest jet

Event display shows uncalibrated energies

pT (j1)= 1120 GeVpT (j2)= 480 GeVpT (j3)= 155 GeVpT (j4)= 95 GeV

pT (jet) > 1.12 TeV


Atlas Muon System


As seen by a W -> μ ν event

Efficiency

Chamber Resolution

σcore ∼ 100μAlignment

σ ~ 430μ


Muon System Momentum Resolution

Data (cosmics) Data (cosmics)

MC (cosmics)MC (cosmics)

Large Muon Sectors Small Muon Sectors


Simple analysis:LVL1 muon trigger with pT ~ 6 GeV threshold2 opposite-sign muonsreconstructed by combining tracker and muon spectrometer both muons with |z|<1 cm from primary vertex

Looser selection: includes also muons made of Inner Detector tracks + Muon Spectrometer segmentsDistances between resonances fixed to PDG values; Y(2S), Y(3S) resolutions fixed to Y(1S) resolution

Full data sampleDi-muon resonances


Z ee, μμ measurements σ NNLO (γ*/Z ll) ~ 0.99 nb per family for M(ll) > 60 GeV

GeV ee μμPeak 89.6± 0.8 90.5 ± 0.8Width (ΓZ unfolded) 3.6 ± 0.8 4.2 ± 0.8

From the sub-sample (~ 225 nb-1) used for the cross-section measurement

still some work to do on alignment of ID and forward muon chambers, and oncalorimeter inter-calibration, to achieve expected resolution


Observed in data W eν (296 nb-1): 815 events W μν (291 nb-1): 1111 events

W eν: 815 events

W μν: 1111 events

Work to determine systematic uncertainties(ET

miss, …) in the presence of pile-up ongoing W cross-section and asymmetry measurements

presented here are based on first 17 nb-1 (recorded at lower instantaneous luminosity)

After call cuts except mT

After all selections

Full data sample

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ATLAS Detector Status & Performance€¦ · HLT on (τ) for TAU5 HLT on (μ) for MU0 fwd 300 Hz Trigger output: typically 300 Hz History: L < few 1027 cm-2 s-1: minimum-bias LVL1