Title
Performance of the CMS Level-1 trigger during commissioning with cosmic ray muons and LHC beams
Date Issued
01 December 2010
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Chatrchyan S.
Khachatryan V.
Sirunyan A.M.
Adam W.
Arnold B.
Bergauer H.
Bergauer T.
Dragicevic M.
Eichberger M.
Erö J.
Friedl M.
Frühwirth R.
Ghete V.M.
Hammer J.
Hansel S.
Hoch M.
Hörmann N.
Hrubec J.
Jeitler M.
Kasieczka G.
Kastner K.
Krammer M.
Liko D.
De Magrans Abril I.
Mikulec I.
Mittermayr F.
Neuherz B.
Oberegger M.
Padrta M.
Pernicka M.
Rohringer H.
Schmid S.
Schöfbeck R.
Schreiner T.
Stark R.
Steininger H.
Strauss J.
Taurok A.
Teischinger F.
Themel T.
Uhl D.
Wagner P.
Waltenberger W.
Walzel G.
Widl E.
Wulz C.E.
Chekhovsky V.
Dvornikov O.
Emeliantchik I.
Litomin A.
Makarenko V.
Marfin I.
Mossolov V.
Shumeiko N.
Solin A.
Stefanovitch R.
Suarez Gonzalez J.
Tikhonov A.
Fedorov A.
Karneyeu A.
Korzhik M.
Panov V.
Zuyeuski R.
Kuchinsky P.
Beaumont W.
Benucci L.
Cardaci M.
De Wolf E.A.
Delmeire E.
Druzhkin D.
Hashemi M.
Janssen X.
Maes T.
Mucibello L.
Ochesanu S.
Rougny R.
Selvaggi M.
Van Haevermaet H.
Van Mechelen P.
Van Remortel N.
Adler V.
Beauceron S.
Blyweert S.
D'Hondt J.
De Weirdt S.
Devroede O.
Heyninck J.
Kalogeropoulos A.
Maes J.
Maes M.
Mozer M.U.
Tavernier S.
Van Doninck W.
Van Mulders P.
Villella I.
Bouhali O.
Chabert E.C.
Charaf O.
Clerbaux B.
De Lentdecker G.
Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
Institut für Hochenergiephysik der OeAW, Wien, Austria
Institut für Hochenergiephysik der OeAW, Wien, Austria
Institut für Hochenergiephysik der OeAW, Wien, Austria
Institut für Hochenergiephysik der OeAW, Wien, Austria
Institut für Hochenergiephysik der OeAW, Wien, Austria
Institut für Hochenergiephysik der OeAW, Wien, Austria
Institut für Hochenergiephysik der OeAW, Wien, Austria
Institut für Hochenergiephysik der OeAW, Wien, Austria
Institut für Hochenergiephysik der OeAW, Wien, Austria
Publisher(s)
Institute of Physics
Abstract
The CMS Level-1 trigger was used to select cosmic ray muons and LHC beam events during data-taking runs in 2008, and to estimate the level of detector noise. This paper describes the trigger components used, the algorithms that were executed, and the trigger synchronisation. Using data from extended cosmic ray runs, the muon, electron/photon, and jet triggers have been validated, and their performance evaluated. Efficiencies were found to be high, resolutions were found to be good, and rates as expected. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA.
Volume
5
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-79953269929
Source
Journal of Instrumentation
ISSN of the container
17480221
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