Concurrent Track Evolution algorithm: Extension for track finding in the inhomogeneous magnetic field of the HERA-B spectrometer

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

Volumn 426, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 268-282

  Mankel, Rainer ^a   Spiridonov, Alexander ^b,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KALMAN FILTERING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

HONEYCOMB CHAMBERS; TRACK RECONSTRUCTION;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0033131071     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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