Speaker
Dr
Andre Sopczak
(Lancaster University)
Description
A vertex detector concept of the Linear Collider Flavor Identification (LCFI)
collaboration, which studies pixel detectors for heavy quark flavour identification,
has been implemented in simulations for c-quark tagging in scalar top studies. The
production and decay of scalar top quarks (stops) is particularly interesting for the
development of the vertex detector as only two c-quarks and missing energy (from
undetected neutralinos) are produced for light stops. Previous studies investigated
the vertex detector design in scenarios with large mass differences between stop and
neutralino, corresponding to large visible energy in the detector. In this study we
investigate the tagging performance dependence on the vertex detector design in a
scenario with small visible energy for the International Linear Collider (ILC).
Authors
Dr
Andre Sopczak
(Lancaster University)
Dr
Caroline Milstene
(Fermilab)
