Track and Vertex Reconstruction with the ATLAS Inner Detector

Abstract

Charged-particle reconstruction is a fundamental part of the event reconstruction in modern multi-purpose high-energy physics detectors. This paper describes the algorithms used to reconstruct charged particles and primary vertices with the ATLAS Inner Detector. The most recent software configuration deployed for data-taking is described, and the performance obtained when this software is used to process Run 2 (2015-2018) data, a subset (from 2022) of Run 3 (2022-2026) data, and corresponding simulated data is presented. The ATLAS track and vertex reconstruction performance is shown for up to 80 simultaneous proton-proton interaction. It maintains a high efficiency, good resolution for key parameters, and low rates of mis-reconstructed candidates for Run 2 and Run 3 conditions.

74 pages in total, author list starting page 57, 27 figures, 3 tables, to be submitted to JINST. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/IDTR-2021-01