Published March 1, 1984 | Version v1
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Track and vertex fitting in an inhomogeneous magnetic field

Creators

  • 1. Science and Engineering Research Council, Chilton (UK). Rutherford Appleton Lab.

Description

Methods have been developed for fitting tracks and vertices in an inhomogeneous magnetic field for the PT55 Experiment at Nimrod. Details of the methods, including the correction for E x B effects, are given. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A
Journal Volume
220
Journal Issue
2/3
Series
CODEN: NIMRD.;Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A.
Journal Page Range
309-326

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
15050375
Subject category
S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
Descriptors DEI
ALGORITHMS; CHARGE-EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; CORRECTIONS; CROSSED FIELDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INELASTIC SCATTERING; INHOMOGENEOUS FIELDS; KAONS NEUTRAL; LAMBDA PARTICLES; LEAST SQUARE FIT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; PARTICLE TRACKS; PION MINUS-PROTON INTERACTIONS; POLARIZATION-ASYMMETRY RATIO; POLARIZED TARGETS; STREAMER SPARK CHAMBERS
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; BASIC INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FERMIONS; GAS TRACK DETECTORS; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; HYPERONS; INTERACTIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; KAONS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD FIT; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MESON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; MESON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; MESONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PION-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PION-PROTON INTERACTIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCATTERING; SPARK CHAMBERS; STRANGE PARTICLES; STRONG INTERACTIONS; TARGETS

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Notes
Also published as report RL--83-006.