A MOMENTUM RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM FOR THE PHENIX SPECTROMETER AT BROOKHAVEN

Authors
CHIKANIAN A KUMAR BS SMIRNOV N OBRIEN E
Citation
A. Chikanian et al., A MOMENTUM RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM FOR THE PHENIX SPECTROMETER AT BROOKHAVEN, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 371(3), 1996, pp. 480-488
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
371
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
480 - 488
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)371:3<480:AMRAFT>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We have developed a non-linear grid interpolation technique to determi ne the momenta of particles traversing an axially symmetric focusing m agnetic field. We describe the technique, and quantify its performance in the context of the PHENIX spectrometer.