Author/Authors :
Cervera-Villanueva، نويسنده , , A. and do Couto e Silva، نويسنده , , E. and Ellis، نويسنده , , M. and Ferrère، نويسنده , , D. and Gَmez-Cadenas، نويسنده , , J.J. and Gouanère، نويسنده , , M. and Hernando، نويسنده , , J.A. and Kokkonen، نويسنده , , J. and Kuznetsov، نويسنده , , V.E. and Linssen، نويسنده , , L. and Runolfsson، نويسنده , , ض. and Soler، نويسنده , , F.J.P.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
This article describes the application of Kalman filter techniques for the tracking and vertexing of particles inside the NOMAD-STAR detector, a silicon vertex detector installed in NOMAD, one of the neutrino oscillation experiments at the CERN-SPS. The use of the Kalman filter simplifies computationally the tracking and vertex procedure for NOMAD-STAR. The alignment of NOMAD-STAR is shown as an example of the application of the Kalman filter for tracking purposes. The accuracy of the method is such that one obtains alignment residuals between 9 and 12 μm. Furthermore, a preliminary measure of the impact parameter (with an RMS ∼36 μm) illustrates the vertexing capabilities of this technique.
