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author Bodrov, Denis
Xu, Xinping
Gavrilov, Dmitrii
Pakhlov, Pavel
Bertacchi, Valerio
Bilka, Tadeas
Biswas, Arkodip
Casarosa, Giulia
Cheema, Priyanka
Corona, Luigi
De Pietro, Giacomo
Dong, Thanh V.
Ecker, Patrick
Ferber, Torben
Godang, Romulus
Heidelbach, Alexander
Lam, Tommy
Laurenza, Martina
Lueck, Thomas
Massaccesi, Ludovico
Meier, Frank
Reuter, Lea
Scavino, Bianca
Schoenning, Karin
Skorupa, Justin
Spataro, Stefano
Tran, Tien Manh
Vobbilisetti, Vidya
Wessel, Christian
Wiechczynski, Jaroslaw
author_facet Bodrov, Denis
Xu, Xinping
Gavrilov, Dmitrii
Pakhlov, Pavel
Bertacchi, Valerio
Bilka, Tadeas
Biswas, Arkodip
Casarosa, Giulia
Cheema, Priyanka
Corona, Luigi
De Pietro, Giacomo
Dong, Thanh V.
Ecker, Patrick
Ferber, Torben
Godang, Romulus
Heidelbach, Alexander
Lam, Tommy
Laurenza, Martina
Lueck, Thomas
Massaccesi, Ludovico
Meier, Frank
Reuter, Lea
Scavino, Bianca
Schoenning, Karin
Skorupa, Justin
Spataro, Stefano
Tran, Tien Manh
Vobbilisetti, Vidya
Wessel, Christian
Wiechczynski, Jaroslaw
contents We present a track-finding algorithm for the Belle II experiment that specifically targets so-called kinks: signatures of charged particles decaying or scattering in-flight in the detector material, resulting in a sudden and significant change of the particle's flight direction. Our benchmark studies of this Kink Finder show that the reconstruction efficiency for such signatures is about 40%, compared to a value of around 11% for the standard Belle II track-finding algorithm. Our studies also show that the Kink Finder significantly improves the resolution of the secondary track parameters, suppresses the number of cloned tracks, and reduces the PID misidentification rates for kaon and pions.
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spellingShingle Kink Finder at Belle II
Bodrov, Denis
Xu, Xinping
Gavrilov, Dmitrii
Pakhlov, Pavel
Bertacchi, Valerio
Bilka, Tadeas
Biswas, Arkodip
Casarosa, Giulia
Cheema, Priyanka
Corona, Luigi
De Pietro, Giacomo
Dong, Thanh V.
Ecker, Patrick
Ferber, Torben
Godang, Romulus
Heidelbach, Alexander
Lam, Tommy
Laurenza, Martina
Lueck, Thomas
Massaccesi, Ludovico
Meier, Frank
Reuter, Lea
Scavino, Bianca
Schoenning, Karin
Skorupa, Justin
Spataro, Stefano
Tran, Tien Manh
Vobbilisetti, Vidya
Wessel, Christian
Wiechczynski, Jaroslaw
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Instrumentation and Detectors
We present a track-finding algorithm for the Belle II experiment that specifically targets so-called kinks: signatures of charged particles decaying or scattering in-flight in the detector material, resulting in a sudden and significant change of the particle's flight direction. Our benchmark studies of this Kink Finder show that the reconstruction efficiency for such signatures is about 40%, compared to a value of around 11% for the standard Belle II track-finding algorithm. Our studies also show that the Kink Finder significantly improves the resolution of the secondary track parameters, suppresses the number of cloned tracks, and reduces the PID misidentification rates for kaon and pions.
title Kink Finder at Belle II
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.14171