Eur. Phys. J. C (2014) 74: 2832
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-2832-4

Special Article - Tools for Experiment and Theory

Implementation of a local principal curves algorithm for neutrino interaction reconstruction in a liquid argon volume

¹ Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
² Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK

^* e-mail: j.j.back@warwick.ac.uk

Received: 23 December 2013
Accepted: 19 March 2014
Published online: 29 March 2014

Abstract

A local principal curve algorithm has been implemented in three dimensions for automated track and shower reconstruction of neutrino interactions in a liquid argon time projection chamber. We present details of the algorithm and characterise its performance on simulated data sets.