Fitting tracks in wire chambers using the Chebyshev norm instead of least squares

It is proposed that for fitting tracks in certain detectors such as multiwire proportional chambers, the Chebyshev norm may be better than the usual least-squares method. Simulation results for tracks in ideal MWPCs show that the new method is more efficient, offers a better goodness-of-fit criterion, and produces more reliable track-parameter uncertainties than least squares. (orig.)