A CMS Level-1 Track Finder for the HL-LHC

Abstract

The High-Luminosity LHC will put significant demands on trigger systems. To control trigger thresholds, the CMS Collaboration is designing a novel Level-1 track trigger. The Outer Tracker will use modules with pairs of sensor layers to read out hits compatible with charged particles above 2-3 GeV. The system will combine these front-end trigger primitives to reconstruct tracks, providing a measurement of $p_{\mathrm{T}}$, $\eta$ , $\varphi$, and $z_0$. This presentation will introduce the CMS L1 track finding system: the algorithm and its estimated performance, hardware prototypes, and the unique challenges associated with this system.