Speaker
Prof.
Skwarnicki Tomasz
(Syracuse University)
Description
"LHCb probes physics beyond the Standard Model by
measuring CP violating and rare b and c decays. It also
searches for the production of exotic objects at large
rapidities and relatively small transverse momenta.
Sensitivities can be greatly
enhanced by having an order of magnitude larger data
sample than originally planned and a more flexible
trigger. We can reconfigure the LHCb experiment to
collect data at five times the rate of its current
design. We also can improve the efficiency of triggering
on purely hadronic final states by about a factor of two.
We will describe the physics objectives of such an
upgrade, and discuss the necessary changes in the
detector. Our plans include being able to examine each of
the 40 MHz of beam crossings in order to decide which
events to keep, by reading out the entire detector into a
farm of computers and making the selections purely in
software. Such a flexible trigger design allows for easy
and highly efficient changes when different processes or
decay modes are indicated to be important to analyze are
suggested for investigation. We also will outline
progress for a new pixel based vertex detector and
improvements in other systems.
Primary author
Gaia Lanfranchi [LHCb Speakers Bureau]
(LNF)
