Real Z --> mu+ + mu- decays
(Explanations below the WIRED view)
83024/5746
Zoom out until you see the entire event and switch on the main tracking detector
and the muon detectors in the barrel section ("TrDet" and "MuDet" in the "Barrel").
The crosses represent signals in the muon detectors. You can also see that
the two muons have left tracks in the main tracking detector.
83024/5711
In this event, the muons have come out at a small angle with respect to
the beam pipe. Therefore, switch to the "Side view" and switch on the
muon detectors in the end cap sections ("MuDet" in the "Forward"). If you
see signals that don't seem to belong to any detector, you can usually
find where they belong by going to the other view. Three dimensions
displayed as two can be tricky... don't forget that rotating the event
can help you to see the three dimensional perspective.
82662/3523
This is another event where the two muons have come out at a small angle
with respect to the beam pipe. There is also a neutral particle
accompanying one of the muons. It is hard to say what the origin of this
particle is. It might be electronic noise in the detector.
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