Data analysis of FoCal at 244 GeV using the Hough transform and longitudinal profiles

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Nooren, Dr. ir. G.J.L.
dc.contributor.advisor	Peitzmann, Prof. Dr. T.
dc.contributor.author	Mons, T.M.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-23T17:01:43Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-23T17:01:43Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/26985
dc.description.abstract	The FoCal prototype detector is a prototype digital sampling calorimeter. In 2014 data was taken from the SPS accelerator at CERN at 244 GeV, consisting of electrons, positrons and hadrons. This thesis analyses that data. By looking at the longitudinal proﬁles of events, it is concluded that the length of a shower can be used to distinguish between partial and full showers. The Hough transform is used to ﬁnd the position of incoming particles, it is not succesful in ﬁnding secondary tracks.
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
dc.format.extent	13395111
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	Data analysis of FoCal at 244 GeV using the Hough transform and longitudinal profiles
dc.type.content	Bachelor Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	FoCal, Calorimetry, Hough transform, longitudinal profile, SPS
dc.subject.courseuu	Natuur- en Sterrenkunde