An approximation of the GLRT for real time muon detection

David Primor, Giora Mikenberg, Hagit Messer

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Abstract

The problem of detecting muons in a particle detector is considered. The tracks of high momentum muons can be considered as straight lines, and thus well known techniques for line detection, such as the Hough transform, can be used. In this paper, we show that the Hough transform, which is commonly used in High Energy Physics, can be interpreted as an approximation of the Generalized Likelihood Ration Test (GLRT). We consider the case of a muon detector which consists of a set of sub-detectors, where each sub-detector provides a random activity measurement. Using the probability density functions of these activity measurements, a GLRT for muon detection is calculated, and its performance - when approximated by the Hough transform - is demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2008 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP
Pages3633-3636
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event2008 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: 31 Mar 20084 Apr 2008

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Conference

Conference2008 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period31/03/084/04/08

Keywords

  • GLRT
  • Hough transform
  • Line detection
  • Muon track detection

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