Application of vertex and mass constraints in track-based alignment

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

Volumn 712, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-55

  Amoraal, J ^a   Blouw, J ^b   Blusk, S ^c   Borghi, S ^d,e   Cattaneo, M ^f   Chiapolini, N ^g   Conti, G ^h   Deissenroth, M ^b   Dupertuis, F ^h   Van Der Eijk, R ^a   Fave, V ^h   Gersabeck, M ^f   Hicheur, A ^h   Hulsbergen, W ^a   Hutchcroft, D ⁱ   Kozlinskiy, A ^a   Lambert, R W ^a   MacIuc, F ^j   Marki R ^h   Martinelli, M ^a   Merk, M ^a   Needham, M ^k   Nicolas, L ^h   Palacios, J ^a,f   Parkes, C ^e   Pellegrino, A ^a   Pozzi, S ^l   Raven, G ^a   Rodrigues, E ^d,e   Salzmann, C ^g   Schiller, M ^a   Schneider, O ^h   Simioni, E ^a   Steinkamp, O ^g   Van Tilburg, J ^b   Tuning, N ^a   Uwer, U ^b   Vecchi, S ^l   Viret, S ^d   more..

^a NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h EPFL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^l INFN SEZIONE DI FERRARA   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Curvature bias; Detector alignment; Vertex fit

Indexed keywords

CURVATURE BIAS; DECAY VERTEX; INVARIANT MASS; MASS CONSTRAINTS; MOMENTUM RESOLUTIONS; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; TRACKING DETECTORS; VERTEX FIT;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84875181636     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2012.11.192     Document Type: Article

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