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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics Année : 2005

Reconstruction of electrons with the Gaussian-sum filter in the CMS tracker at the LHC

W. Adam
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R. Frühwirth
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A. Strandlie
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Résumé

The bremsstrahlung energy loss distribution of electrons propagating in matter is highly non-Gaussian. Because the Kalman filter relies solely on Gaussian probability density functions, it is not necessarily the optimal reconstruction algorithm for electron tracks. A Gaussian-sum filter (GSF) algorithm for electron reconstruction in the CMS tracker has therefore been developed and implemented. The basic idea is to model the bremsstrahlung energy loss distribution by a Gaussian mixture rather than by a single Gaussian. It is shown that the GSF is able to improve the momentum resolution of electrons compared to the standard Kalman filter. The momentum resolution and the quality of the error estimate are studied both with a fast simulation, modelling the radiative energy loss in a simplified detector, and the full CMS tracker simulation.

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in2p3-00024961 , version 1 (28-10-2005)

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W. Adam, R. Frühwirth, A. Strandlie, T. Todorov. Reconstruction of electrons with the Gaussian-sum filter in the CMS tracker at the LHC. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 2005, 31, pp.N9-N20. ⟨10.1088/0954-3899/31/9/N01⟩. ⟨in2p3-00024961⟩
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