A New Method for the High-Precision Alignment of Track Detectors
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Track detectors in high energy physics experiments require an accurate determination of a large number of alignment parameters. A general method has been developed, which allows the determination of up to several thousand alignment parameters in a simultaneous linear least squares fit of an arbitrary number of tracks. The sensitivity of the method is demonstrated in an example of the simultaneous alignment of a 56-plane drift chamber and a 2-plane silicon tracker. About 1400 alignment parameters are determined in a fit of about fifty thousand tracks.
10 pages, Contribution to the Conference on Advanced Statistical Techniques in Particle Physics, Durham, 18-22 March 2002
10 pages, Contribution to the Conference on Advanced Statistical Techniques in Particle Physics, Durham, 18-22 March 2002