Title :
A shower identification method using a Bayesian statistical model
Author :
Kimura, Akinori ; Shibata, Akihiro ; Takashimizu, Naomi ; Sasaki, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Ritsumeikan Univ., Shiga, Japan
Abstract :
Due to the scale expansion and complexity of experiments in high energy physics experiment, storing data on a database and techniques of knowledge discovery are considered to be useful for efficient storage and analysis of data. We present a new method based on Bayesian statistics to identify electrons and charged pions in shower counters. We designed an ideal shower counter and studied the efficiency using Monte Carlo simulation based on Geant4. Without having any bias, e.g. tracker information, purity of more than 97% have been achieved for identification of both particles.
Keywords :
Bayes methods; electron detection; meson detection; particle calorimetry; Bayesian statistical model; charged pions; electrons; high energy physics; knowledge discovery; scale expansion; shower counters; shower identification method; storing data; Bayesian methods; Computer science; Counting circuits; Data analysis; Databases; Electrons; Energy storage; Mesons; Particle tracking; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2003 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8257-9
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2003.1352089