CMS/RPC background particle simulation with the GEANT code: preliminary results

A method to simulate the background particles of compact muon solenoid (CMS) endcap resistive plate chambers (RPCs) is described using a realistic Monte Carlo simulation based on the geometry and tracking (GEANT) code and analyzed with physics analysis workstation (PAW) interfaces. Sensitivity calculations were performed for particles such as gamma 's, e/sup -/'s and e/sup +/'s in the range 0.1 - 100 MeV for their respective spectra. For the evaluation of the response of detector in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) background environment, the gamma , e/sup -/ and e/sup +/ energy spectra expected in the CMS muon endcap region were taken into account whereas the RPC sensitivity was evaluated as a function of the detector size.