Muon track reconstruction and data selection techniques in AMANDA

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

Volumn 524, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 169-194

  Ahrens, J ^a   Bai, X ^b   Bay, R ^c   Barwick, S W ^d   Becka, T ^a   Becker, J K ^e   Becker, K H ^e   Bernardini, E ^f   Bertrand, D ^g   Biron, A ^f   Boersma, D J ^f   Boser S ^f   Botner, O ^h   Bouchta, A ^h   Bouhali, O ^g   Burgess, T ⁱ   Carius, S ^j   Castermans, T ^k   Chirkin, D ^c   Collin, B ^l   Conrad, J ^h   Cooley, J ^m   Cowen, D F ^l   Davour, A ^h   De Clercq, C ⁿ   DeYoung, T ^o   Desiati, P ^m   Dewulf, J P ^g   Ekstrom P ^e   Feser, T ^a   Gaug, M ^f   Gaisser, T K ^b   Ganugapati, R ^m   Geenen, H ^e   Gerhardt, L ^d   Gross A ^e   Goldschmidt, A ^p   Hallgren, A ^h   Halzen, F ^m   Hanson, K ^m   Hardtke, R ^m   Harenberg, T ^e   Hauschildt, T ^f   Helbing, K ^p   Hellwig, M ^a   Herquet, P ^k   Hill, G C ^m   Hubert, D ⁿ   Hughey, B ^m   Hulth, P O ⁱ   Hultqvist, K ⁱ   Hundertmark, S ⁱ   Jacobsen, J ^p   Karle, A ^m   Kestel, M ^l   Kopke L ^a   Kowalski, M ^f   Kuehn, K ^d   Lamoureux, J I ^p   Leich, H ^f   Leuthold, M ^f   Lindahl, P ^j   Liubarsky, I ^q   Madsen, J ^r   Marciniewski, P ^h   Matis, H S ^p   McParland, C P ^p   Messarius, T ^e   Minaeva, Y ⁱ   Miocinovic P ^c   Mock, P C ^d   Morse, R ^m   Munich K S ^e   Nam, J ^d   Nahnhauer, R ^f   Neunhoffer T ^a   Niessen, P ⁿ   Nygren, D R ^p   Ogelman H ^m   Olbrechts, Ph ⁿ   Perez De Los Heros C ^h   Pohl, A C ⁱ   Porrata, R ^d   Price, P B ^c   Przybylski, G T ^p   Rawlins, K ^m   Resconi, E ^f   Rhode, W ^e   Ribordy, M ^k   Richter, S ^m   Martino, J Rodríguez ⁱ   Ross, D ^d   Sander, H G ^a   Schinarakis, K ^e   Schlenstedt, S ^f   Schmidt, T ^f   Schneider, D ^m   Wiebusch, C H ^e   more..

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^f DESY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^l PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

ⁿ VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^o Bldg 142   (United States)

^p LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^q IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

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Author keywords

AMANDA; Neutrino astrophysics; Neutrino telescope; Track reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMIC RAYS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; TELESCOPES;

ANTARCTIC MUON AND NEUTRINO DETECTOR ARRAY (AMANDA); NEUTRINO ASTROPHYSICS; NEUTRINO TELESCOPE; TRACK RECONSTRUCTION;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 2342660756     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.01.065     Document Type: Article

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