Bach is a common software-tool to align telescope-like detectors. It describes the complete analysis chain of a telescope detector, from simulation to reconstruction. It demonstrates the functionality of the MILLEPEDE alignment algorithm.
The user manual is available as an AIDA note
The source code is available via svn:
svn co https://svnsrv.desy.de/public/aidasoft/AIDAAlign/trunk/Tb Tb
Millepede webpage
Methods based on kalman: method1, method2
Experiments using:
Track Alignment twiki page and Millepede Algorithm twiki page
3rd LHC Detector Alignment Workshop - 15-16 June 2009
2nd LHC Detector Alignment Workshop - 2, June 25-26, 2007
1st LHC Detector Alignment Workshop - 1, Sept 4-6 2006 ; Proceedings
W. Hulsbergen, The global covariance matrix of tracks fitted with a Kalman filter and an application in detector alignment, Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A600 (2009) 471 - Preprint
V. Blobel, Software alignment for tracking detectors, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 566 (2006) 5-13
R. Frühwirth, T. Todorov and M. Winkler, Estimation of detector alignment parameters using the Kalman filter with annealing, J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 29 (2003) 561–574
ALICE Collaboration, Alignment of the ALICE Inner Tracking System with cosmic-ray tracks, J. Instrum. 5 (2010) P03003
A. Rossi for ALICE Collaboration, Alice Alignment, Tracking and Physics Performance Results, arXiv:1101.3491. ( 2011)
J. Y. Grossiord, G. Jacquet and Yu L. Margaryan, The RELCAM an optical transparent sensor for geometry alignment and monitoring systems ALICE-INT-2002-19 (2002)
ATLAS Collaboration, Study of alignment-related systematic effects on ATLAS Inner Detector tracking , ATLAS-CONF-2011-141
ATLAS Collaboration, Alignment of the ATLAS Inner Detector Tracking System with 2010 LHC proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)= 7 TeV , ATLAS-CONF-2011-012
ATLAS Collaboration, Alignment Performance of the ATLAS Inner Detector Tracking System in 7 TeV proton-proton collisions at the LHC, ATLAS-CONF-2010-067
CMS Collaboration, Alignment of the CMS tracker with LHC and cosmic ray data, preprint submitted to the Journal of Instrumentation
D. Sprenger et al., Validation of Kalman Filter alignment algorithm with cosmic-ray data using a CMS silicon strip tracker endcap, J. Instrum. 5 (2010) P06007 , preprint
CMS Collaboration, Aligning the CMS Muon Chambers with the Muon Alignment System during an Extended Cosmic Ray Run J. Instrum. 5 (2010) T03019, preprint
CMS Collaboration, Alignment of the CMS Muon System with Cosmic-Ray and Beam-Halo Muons, J. Instrum. 5 (2010) T03020, preprint
CMS Collaboration, Alignment of the CMS Silicon Tracker during Commissioning with Cosmic Rays, J. Instrum. 5 (2010) T03009, preprint
CMS Collaboration, Commissioning and performance of the CMS silicon strip tracker with cosmic ray muons, J. Instrum. 5 (2010) T03008, preprint
CMS Collaboration, Commissioning and performance of the CMS pixel tracker with cosmic ray muons, J. Instrum. 5 (2010) T03007, preprint
W. Adam et al., Alignment of the CMS silicon strip tracker during stand-alone commissioning, 2009 JINST 4 T07001, preprint
G. Flucke, P. Schleper, G. Steinbrück, M. Stoye et al., CMS silicon tracker alignment strategy with the Millepede II algorithm, 2008 JINST 3 P09002
J. Amoraal et al., Application of vertex and mass constraints in track-based alignment, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 712 (2013), pp. 48-55, preprint
S. Borghi et al., First spatial alignment of the LHCb VELO and analysis of beam absorber collision data, Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 618 (2010) 108-120, preprint
S. Viret, C. Parkes, M. Gersabeck, Alignment procedure of the LHCb Vertex Detector, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A596 (2008) 157-163, preprint
M. Gersabeck et al., Performance of the LHCb Vertex Detector Alignment Algorithm determined with Beam Test Data, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A596 (2008) 164-171, preprint
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