Kalman filter track fits and track breakpoint analysis

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

Volumn 450, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 138-154

  Astier, Pierre ^a   Cardini, Alessandro ^b   Cousins, Robert D ^b   Letessier Selvon, Antoine ^a   Popov, Boris A ^a   Vinogradova, Tatiana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; KALMAN FILTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

BREAKPOINT DETECTION;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0034245740     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00154-6     Document Type: Article

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