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The ALPHA silicon detector is a tracking detector. That is, using the position-sensitive capabilities of the silicon detector modules (Sect. 4.1.1 ), the particle trajectories can be determined, or reconstructed. Moreover, by examining the tracks from several particles, their common origin (called the vertex position) can be determined. Tracking detectors are widely used in high energy physics [1, 2] and astrophysics [3, 4].
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Hydomako, R. (2013). Event Reconstruction in the ALPHA Detector. In: Detection of Trapped Antihydrogen. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34484-8_5
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