Software alignment for tracking detectors

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

Volumn 566, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-13

  Blobel, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global least squares fit; Track detector alignment; Track fitting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

GLOBAL LEAST SQUARES FIT; SOFTWARE ALIGNMENT; TRACK DETECTOR ALIGNMENT; TRACK FITTING;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 33748530294     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.05.157     Document Type: Article

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