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Geometrical Track Parameters and their Errors

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  1. MPI für Physik, Werner-Heisenberg-Institut, Föhringer Ring 6, 80805 München, Germany

    Walter Blum (Professor)

  2. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

    Werner Riegler (Doctor) & Luigi Rolandi (Professor)

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Blum, W., Riegler, W., Rolandi, L. (2008). Geometrical Track Parameters and their Errors. In: Particle Detection with Drift Chambers. Particle Acceleration and Detection, vol 0. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76684-1_8

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