Track finding and fitting in the H1 Forward Track Detector

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-260

  Burke, S ^a   Henderson, R C W ^a   Maxfield, S J ^b   Morris, J V ^c   Patel, G D ^b   Sankey, D P C ^c   Skillicorn, I O ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROTONS;

FORWARD TRACK DETECTOR; KALMAN FITTING; PROTON FRAGMENTS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0030123517     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9002(95)00692-3     Document Type: Article

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23. -1/2, which corresponds to σ for a Gaussian.