Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-21-2011
Abstract
To help constrain the algorithms used in reconstructing high-energy muon events incident on the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO), a muon tracking system was installed. The system consisted of four planes of wire chambers, which were triggered by scintillator panels. The system was integrated with SNO's main data acquisition system and took data for a total of 95 live days. Using cosmic-ray events reconstructed in both the wire chambers and in SNO's water Cherenkov detector, the external muon tracking system was able to constrain the uncertainty on the muon direction to better than 0.61. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
First Page
92
Last Page
99
Recommended Citation
Sonley, T., Abruzzio, R., Chan, Y., Currat, C., Duncan, F., Farine, J., Ford, R., Formaggio, J., Gagnon, N., Hallin, A., Heise, J., Howe, M., Ilhoff, E., Kelsey, J., Klein, J., Kraus, C., Krüger, A., Kutter, T., Kyba, C., Lawson, I., Lesko, K., McCauley, N., Monreal, B., Monroe, J., Noble, A., Ott, R., Poon, A., & Prior, G. (2011). Calibration of muon reconstruction algorithms using an external muon tracking system at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 648 (1), 92-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.05.054