A Bayesian-based Method for Particle Track Identification in Low-energy Pair-creation Telescopes

Journal Article · Thu Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2757463· OSTI ID:21067324

Zoglauer, Andreas ^[1]; Andritschke, Robert ^[2]; Kanbach, Gottfried ^[3]; Boggs, Steven E ^[1]

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1. Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
2. Max-Planck-Institut Halbleiterlabor, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, 81739 Muenchen (Germany)
3. Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrasse, 85748 Garching (Germany)

A critical step during the data analysis of pair creation telescopes is the correct identification of the electron and positron tracks. For MEGA, an electron-tracking Compton and pair telescope optimized for energies up to 50 MeV, we describe a low-energy pair event reconstruction approach partly based on Bayesian statistics.

• OSTI ID: 21067324
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 921, Issue 1; Conference: 1. GLAST symposium, Stanford, CA (United States), 5-8 Feb 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2757463; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
DATA ANALYSIS
ELECTRONS
GAMMA DETECTION
MEV RANGE
PAIR PRODUCTION
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PARTICLE TRACKS
POSITRONS
STATISTICS
TELESCOPE COUNTERS