scholarly journals Documentation for DOE/SC/NP Quadrennial Low Energy Nuclear Physics (LENP) Review

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Stoyer ◽  
C Wu ◽  
N Scielzo ◽  
D McNabb
Physics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Smith ◽  
Jack Bishop

We present an open-source kinematic fitting routine designed for low-energy nuclear physics applications. Although kinematic fitting is commonly used in high-energy particle physics, it is rarely used in low-energy nuclear physics, despite its effectiveness. A FORTRAN and ROOT C++ version of the FUNKI_FIT kinematic fitting code have been developed and published open access. The FUNKI_FIT code is universal in the sense that the constraint equations can be easily modified to suit different experimental set-ups and reactions. Two case studies for the use of this code, utilising experimental and Monte–Carlo data, are presented: (1) charged-particle spectroscopy using silicon-strip detectors; (2) charged-particle spectroscopy using active target detectors. The kinematic fitting routine provides an improvement in resolution in both cases, demonstrating, for the first time, the applicability of kinematic fitting across a range of nuclear physics applications. The ROOT macro has been developed in order to easily apply this technique in standard data analysis routines used by the nuclear physics community.


Nature ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 186 (4718) ◽  
pp. 58-58
Author(s):  
E. BRETSCHER

1972 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 482-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Desgrolard ◽  
T. F. Hammann

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