The Forward Tracking : Algorithm and Performance Studies

This note describes the so-called Forward Tracking. This al gorithm uses as input track seeds reconstructed in the VELO (Vertex Locator) and searches for as sociated tracks in the inner and outer tracker of the T stations based on a Hough Transformation app ro ch. We describe in detail the implementation of the algorithm as it is in Brunel version 30r1 4 and the according performance on DC06 [1] data.