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Backtracing particle rays through magnetic spectrometers: avoiding systematic errors in the reconstruction of target coordinates
J.m. FriedrichTh. VeitE. A. J. M. Offermannsubject
PhysicsSystematic errorNuclear and High Energy PhysicsMatrix (mathematics)OpticsSpectrometerbusiness.industryDetectorParticlebusinessInstrumentationComputational physicsdescription
Abstract The procedures used to model [J. Friedrich, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 293 (1990) 575] or to determine [N. Voegler et al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 249 (1986) 337, H. Blok et al., ibid., vol. A 262 (1987) 291, and E.A.J.M. Offermann et al., ibid., vol. A 262 (1987) 298] the mapping properties of a magnetic spectrometer are based on a minimization of the variance of target coordinates . We show that backtracing with matrix elements, determined in this way, may contain systematic errors. As alternative, we propose to minimize the variance of the detector coordinates . This procedure avoids these systematic errors.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-12-01 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |