A Fast Algorithm for Muon Track Reconstruction and its Application to the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2015-03-19 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Abstract
An algorithm is presented, that provides a fast and robust reconstruction of neutrino induced upward-going muons and a discrimination of these events from downward-going atmospheric muon background in data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope. The algorithm consists of a hit merging and hit selection procedure followed by fitting steps for a track hypothesis and a point-like light source. It is particularly well-suited for real time applications such as online monitoring and fast triggering of optical follow-up observations for multi-messenger studies. The performance of the algorithm is evaluated with Monte Carlo simulations and various distributions are compared with that obtained in ANTARES data.
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@article{arxiv.1105.4116,
title = {A Fast Algorithm for Muon Track Reconstruction and its Application to the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope},
author = {ANTARES collaboration and J. A. Aguilar and I. Al Samarai and A. Albert and M. Andre and M. Anghinolfi and G. Anton and S. Anvar and M. Ardid and A. C. Assis Jesus and T. Astraatmadja and J-J. Aubert and R. Auer and B. Baret and S. Basa and M. Bazzotti and V. Bertin and S. Biagi and C. Bigongiari and C. Bogazzi and M. Bou-Cabo and M. C. Bouwhuis and A. M. Brown and J. Brunner and J. Busto and F. Camarena and A. Capone and C. Carloganu and G. Carminati and J. Carr and S. Cecchini and Ph. Charvis and T. Chiarusi and M. Circella and R. Coniglione and H. Costantini and N. Cottini and P. Coyle and C. Curtil and M. P. Decowski and I. Dekeyser and A. Deschamps and C. Distefano and C. Donzaud and D. Dornic and Q. Dorosti and D. Drouhin and T. Eberl and U. Emanuele and J-P. Ernenwein and S. Escoffier and F. Fehr and V. Flaminio and U. Fritsch and J-L. Fuda and S. Galata and P. Gay and G. Giacomelli and J. P. Gomez-Gonzalez and K. Graf and G. Guillard and G. Halladjian and G. Hallewell and H. van Haren and A. J. Heijboer and Y. Hello and J. J. Hernandez-Rey and B. Herold and J. Hößl and C. C. Hsu and M. de Jong and M. Kadler and N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki and O. Kalekin and A. Kappes and U. Katz and P. Kooijman and C. Kopper and A. Kouchner and V. Kulikovskiy and R. Lahmann and P. Lamare and G. Larosa and D. Lefevre and G. Lim and D. Lo Presti and H. Loehner and S. Loucatos and F. Lucarelli and S. Mangano and M. Marcelin and A. Margiotta and J. A. Martinez-Mora and A. Mazure and A. Meli and T. Montaruli and M. Morganti and L. Moscoso and H. Motz and C. Naumann and M. Neff and D. Palioselitis and G. E. Pavalas and P. Payre and J. Petrovic and N. Picot-Clemente and C. Picq and V. Popa and T. Pradier and E. Presani and C. Racca and C. Reed and G. Riccobene and C. Richardt and R. Richter and A. Rostovtsev and M. Rujoiu and G. V. Russo and F. Salesa and P. Sapienza and F. Schöck and J-P. Schuller and R. Shanidze and F. Simeone and A. Spiess and M. Spurio and J. J. M. Steijger and Th. Stolarczyk and M. Taiuti and C. Tamburini and L. Tasca and S. Toscano and B. Vallage and V. Van Elewyck and G. Vannoni and M. Vecchi and P. Vernin and G. Wijnker and E. de Wolf and H. Yepes and D. Zaborov and J. D. Zornoza and J. Zuniga},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.4116},
year = {2015}
}