Particle Tracking: Detectors and Algorithms (MVSem)

This seminar is aimed at Master's students interested in particle tracking. Both instrumental and algorithmic aspects (track reconstruction and fitting) will be covered.

Übungsgruppen

• Gruppe Standardgruppe (Heiko Christian Augustin, Tamasi Rameshchandra Kar, André Schöning)
  7 Teilnehmer/innen
  INF 227 02.403, Mo 16:15 - 18:00

Information

Lecturers

Prof. Dr. André Schöning
schoning(at)physi.uni-heidelberg.de

Dr. Tamasi Kar
kar(at)physi.uni-heidelberg.de

Dr. Heiko Augustin
augustin(at)physi.uni-heidelberg.de

Where&When

INF 227, Room 02.403
Mo 16:15 - 18:00

Zoom Link:

Modus operandi

• 6 ECTS credit points == 180 hours of your work
• includes: literature research, preparation of your presentation, write up (up to 6 pages), weekly attendance
• Submission deadline for write up: September ** 2026

Topics

Detectors

• Drift Chamber (Ref: W.Blum und L.Rolandi, Particle Detection with Drift Chambers, Springer)
• MWPC [ref1, ref2, ref3 p127+]
• TPC Gas [ref1, ref2, ref3 p154+]
• TPC Liquid [ref1, ref2]
• Si-Strips  [ref1, ref2 ref3(#1)]
• Hybridisation(Pixel) [ref1, ref2]
• MAPS [ref1, ref2]
• HV-MAPS [ref1, ref2]
• SciFi [ref1, ref2, ref3]

Methods

• Kalman Filter [ref1, ref2]
• Cellular Automaton [ref]
• Hough-Transform [ref1, ref2 , ref3] 
• Vertexing  [ref1, ref2, ref3]
• Aligment [ref]
• Track Trigger (FTK: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.05078.pdf)
• Uncertainties and Fitting