A Fast Algorithm for Muon Track Reconstruction and its Application to the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope

preprint2011arXivOpen access
ANTARES CollaborationJ. A. AguilarI. Al SamaraiA. AlbertM. AndreM. AnghinolfiG. AntonS. AnvarM. ArdidA. C. Assis JesusT. AstraatmadjaJ-J. AubertR. AuerB. BaretS. BasaM. BazzottiV. BertinS. BiagiC. BigongiariC. BogazziM. Bou-CaboM. C. BouwhuisA. M. BrownJ. BrunnerJ. BustoF. CamarenaA. CaponeC. CarloganuG. CarminatiJ. CarrS. CecchiniPh. CharvisT. ChiarusiM. CircellaR. ConiglioneH. CostantiniN. CottiniP. CoyleC. CurtilM. P. DecowskiI. DekeyserA. DeschampsC. DistefanoC. DonzaudD. DornicQ. DorostiD. DrouhinT. EberlU. EmanueleJ-P. ErnenweinS. EscoffierF. FehrV. FlaminioU. FritschJ-L. FudaS. GalataP. GayG. GiacomelliJ. P. Gomez-GonzalezK. GrafG. GuillardG. HalladjianG. HallewellH. van HarenA. J. HeijboerY. HelloJ. J. Hernandez-ReyB. HeroldJ. HößlC. C. HsuM. de JongM. KadlerN. Kalantar-NayestanakiO. KalekinA. KappesU. KatzP. KooijmanC. KopperA. KouchnerV. KulikovskiyR. LahmannP. LamareG. LarosaD. LefevreG. LimD. Lo PrestiH. LoehnerS. LoucatosF. LucarelliS. ManganoM. MarcelinA. MargiottaJ. A. Martinez-MoraA. MazureA. MeliT. MontaruliM. MorgantiL. MoscosoH. MotzC. NaumannM. NeffD. PalioselitisG. E. PavalasP. PayreJ. PetrovicN. Picot-ClementeC. PicqV. PopaT. PradierE. PresaniC. RaccaC. ReedG. RiccobeneC. RichardtR. RichterA. RostovtsevM. RujoiuG. V. RussoF. SalesaP. SapienzaF. SchöckJ-P. SchullerR. ShanidzeF. SimeoneA. SpiessM. SpurioJ. J. M. SteijgerTh. StolarczykM. TaiutiC. TamburiniL. TascaS. ToscanoB. VallageV. Van ElewyckG. VannoniM. VecchiP. VerninG. WijnkerE. de WolfH. YepesD. ZaborovJ. D. ZornozaJ. Zuniga

Abstract

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.

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