Derivation of Jacobians for the propagation of covariance matrices of track parameters in homogeneous magnetic fields

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

Volumn 566, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 687-698

  Strandlie, A ^a   Wittek, W ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Covariance matrices; Error propagation; Track reconstruction

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COVARIANCE MATRICES; ERROR PROPAGATION; TRACK RECONSTRUCTION;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 33748809515     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.07.032     Document Type: Article

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