A simplified algorithm for momentum estimation in magnetic spectrometers
Abstract
The Wind quintic spline algorithm is conceptually and algebraically simplified by separating from each other the estimates of initial energy, direction, and position of the particle. The covariance matrix of the fitted parameters is explicitly evaluated. The stopping power is taken into account but multiple scattering and energy-loss fluctuations remain as yet neglected.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
- Pub Date:
- August 1986
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0168-9002(86)91034-X
- Bibcode:
- 1986NIMPA.248..461Z