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Multiple [[interactions]] in the same [[bunch crossing]].
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In collider physics, '''pileup''' (or '''pile-up''', '''PU''') occurs when multiple independent collisions overlap in the detector.
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One sometimes distinguishes '''in-time pileup''', where the overlapping collisions occur in the same [[bunch crossing]], and '''out-of-time pileup''', where they occur in different bunch crossings.
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Pileup affects [[event reconstruction]] and often needs to be taken into account and corrected for. This is called ''pileup mitigation''.

Latest revision as of 11:13, 24 July 2017

In collider physics, pileup (or pile-up, PU) occurs when multiple independent collisions overlap in the detector.

One sometimes distinguishes in-time pileup, where the overlapping collisions occur in the same bunch crossing, and out-of-time pileup, where they occur in different bunch crossings.

Pileup affects event reconstruction and often needs to be taken into account and corrected for. This is called pileup mitigation.