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Development of a 6D Kalman filter for charged particle tracking in time projection chamber without magnetic field

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Abstract

Background

Track reconstruction is necessary for time projection chamber (TPC), because TPCs usually face the measurement error that impedes gaining precise spacial and angular resolution.

Purpose

Kalman filter is a well-performed and applicable algorithm to denoise and reconstruct the event track.

Methods

In this paper, we develop a six-dimensional Kalman filter to reconstruct the particle track in high-energy physics experiments, while the most common form of Kalman filter used in many research fields is four-dimensional. The modelisation is based on a gaseous TPC, and the whole reconstruction process is first tested by a toy Monte Carlo simulation.

Results

The results show the Kalman filter can effectively reduce the noise and improve the detector resolution. Then, the performance of the Kalman filter is also verified with the data produced by the Geant4 toolkit.

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  1. School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China

    Qibin Zheng & Jianjian Lu

  2. Shanghai Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, INPAC and Zhiyuan College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Yikai Huo, Ke Han, Heng Lin, Kaixiang Ni & Shaobo Wang

  3. School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China

    Qibin Zheng

  4. SJTU-Paris Tech Elite Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Rd., Shanghai, 200240, China

    Shaobo Wang

  5. School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China

    Tao Li

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Zheng, Q., Lu, J., Huo, Y. et al. Development of a 6D Kalman filter for charged particle tracking in time projection chamber without magnetic field. Radiat Detect Technol Methods 4, 70–77 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41605-019-0151-x

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