A neural network device for on-line particle identification in cosmic ray experiments

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

Volumn 524, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 152-161

  Scrimaglio, R ^a   Finetti, N ^a   D'Altorio, L ^a   Rantucci, E ^a   Raso, M ^a   Segreto, E ^a   Tassoni, A ^a   Cardarilli, G C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Cosmic rays; Elementary particle detectors; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; DATA REDUCTION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICON; TRANSCONDUCTANCE; VLSI CIRCUITS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE DETECTORS; NEURAL STRUCTURES; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; STRIP DETECTORS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 2342492426     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.01.052     Document Type: Article

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