A fast algorithm for muon track reconstruction and its application to the ANTARES neutrino telescope.

J.A. Aguilar; I. Al Samaraib; P. Kooijman; J. Zuniga

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2011.01.003

A fast algorithm for muon track reconstruction and its application to the ANTARES neutrino telescope.

J.A. Aguilar, I. Al Samaraib, P. Kooijman, J. Zuniga

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An algorithm is presented, that provides a fast and robust reconstruction of neutrino induced upward-going muons and a discrimination of these events from downward-going atmospheric muon background in data collected by the ANTARES neutrino telescope. The algorithm consists of a hit merging and hit selection procedure followed by fitting steps for a track hypothesis and a point-like light source. It is particularly well-suited for real time applications such as online monitoring and fast triggering of optical follow-up observations for multi-messenger studies. The performance of the algorithm is evaluated with Monte Carlo simulations and various distributions are compared with that obtained in ANTARES data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	652-662
Number of pages	17
Journal	Astroparticle Physics
Volume	34
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2011.01.003
Publication status	Published - 2011

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