The BTeV Vertex Trigger System

Abstract

The BTeV trigger system will be very ambitious, reconstructing almost all tracks in real time at 15 million 2-TeV $\bar{p}p$ interactions per second. The goal is substantially-increased sensitivity to rare effects in heavy-quark physics over that of existing experiments. The evolution of our approach is briefly summarized.

7 pages, 3 figures, presented at the Snowmass Summer Study on the Future of Particle Physics, Snowmass, Colorado, June 30-July 21, 2001