SIMULATION STUDIES OF TRACKING SYSTEMS AT VERY HIGH LUMINOSITY

Abstract Detailed computer simulation studies of a tracking detector originally designed for high luminosityoperation at the Superconducting Super Colliderhave been carried out. Detector simulation and track reconstruction techniques appropriate to the extremely high charged particle rates corresponding to luminositiesof up to 10 34 cm −2 s −1 are described. The detector performance is evaluated and compared to design requirements stemming from the physics goals of the SDC experiment. The results have implications for the design of tracking detectors at future high luminosityhadron colliderssuch as the Large Hadron Collider(LHC).