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We describe and compare two methods of pattern recognition for identifying the arrival direction of a particle shower impacting on a tracking chamber. Results from computer simulations show that both methods suffice to determine the desired direction at a high level of accuracy: thus both provide good alternatives to the traditional method of shower direction determination based on timing of scintillator signals.
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Buccheri, R., Carollo, C.M., Linsley, J., Scarsi, L. (1989). Track Pattern Analysis for Study of Point-Source Air Showers. In: Di Gesù, V., Scarsi, L., Crane, P., Friedman, J.H., Levialdi, S., Maccarone, M.C. (eds) Data Analysis in Astronomy III. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 40. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5646-2_34
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