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## FastSim: Fast simulation of the SuperB detector

We have developed a parameterized (fast) simulation for detector optimization and physics reach studies of the proposed SuperB Flavor Factory at Frascati. A fast simulation allows studying rare signals and their backgrounds in the large data sample of about 10^11 B meson pair events anticipated over the lifetime of SuperB. Our simulation is fully compatible with the event generators and analysis framework of BaBar, allowing physics signal significance to be used as a metric when evaluating detector options. Detector components are modeled as thin sections of planes, cylinders, or cones. Thick objects are built by layering thin sections. Overall cylindrical symmetry is enforced by design, allowing closed-form stepping of linear and helical particle paths in most cases. Particle-material interactions are modeled using simplified cross-se...

## FastSim: A Fast Simulation for the SuperB Detector

We have developed a parameterized (fast) simulation for detector optimization and physics reach studies of the proposed SuperB Flavor Factory in Italy. Detector components are modeled as thin sections of planes, cylinders, disks or cones. Particle-material interactions are modeled using simplified cross-sections and formulas. Active detectors are modeled using parameterized response functions. Geometry and response parameters are configured using xml files with a custom-designed schema. Reconstruction algorithms adapted from BaBar are used to build tracks and clusters. Multiple sources of background signals can be merged with primary signals. Pattern recognition errors are modeled statistically by randomly misassigning nearby tracking hits. Standard BaBar analysis tuples are used as an event output. Hadronic B meson pair events can be ...

## Track Finding Efficiency in BaBar

Comment: 20 pages, 30 figures, Submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A

## A particle identification detector for the forward region of the SuperB experiment

The DIRC-like time-of-flight detector (FTOF) is a ring imaging Cherenkov counter designed to improve the charged particle identification on the forward side of SuperB. Here we review the main characteristics of this device, summarize the results of a prototype test done last year in the SLAC Cosmic Ray Telescope and present the future steps needed to build the FTOF.

## Progress on development of the new FDIRC PID detector

We present a progress status of a new concept of PID detector called FDIRC, intended to be used at the SuperB experiment, which requires π/K separation up to a few GeV/c. The new photon camera is made of the solid fused-silica optics with a volume 25× smaller and speed increased by a factor of 10 compared to the BaBar DIRC, and therefore will be much less sensitive to electromagnetic and neutron background.

## Front-end electronics for the SuperB charged particle identification detectors

An overview of the electronics chains for the two charged particle identification (PID) detectors of the SuperB experiment is presented. The PID group is designing different detectors for the barrel (FDIRC) and forward (FTOF) regions. Both are based on time measurements, respectively in the 100 ps and 10 ps rms resolution domains.

## Track Finding Efficiency in BaBar

We describe several studies to measure the charged track reconstruction efficiency and asymmetry of the BaBar detector. The first two studies measure the tracking efficiency of a charged particle using $\tau$ and initial state radiation decays. The third uses the $\tau$ decays to study the asymmetry in tracking, the fourth measures the tracking efficiency for low momentum tracks, and the last measures the reconstruction efficiency of $K_S^0$ particles. The first section also examines the stability of the measurements vs BaBar running periods.

## Study of H-8500 MaPMT for the FDIRC detector at superB

An overview of ongoing studies on the Hamamatsu H-8500 Multi-Anode Photomultiplier (MaPMT) is presented. This device will be used for the FDIRC Particle Identification Detector (PID) of the SuperB experiment. The H-8500 MaPMT has been chosen for its excellent single photon timing capabilities and its highly pixilated design. Results on timing studies, gain uniformity, single photoelectron detection efficiency uniformity and cross-talk are presented.