Determination of Scanning Efficiencies in Experiments Using Nuclear Emulsion Sheets

G. Brooijmans

doi:10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00279-5

Determination of Scanning Efficiencies in Experiments Using Nuclear Emulsion Sheets

High Energy Physics - Experiment 2009-10-31 v1

Authors: G. Brooijmans

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Abstract

During their exposure, nuclear emulsion sheets detect both tracks from experiment-related particles, as well as a considerable amount of background tracks, mainly due to cosmic rays. Unless the exposure has been fairly short, it is therefore fairly likely that a fraction of the tracks that have been identified as belonging to the particles the experiment is interested in, are really due to background. A method, which allows to measure this fraction reliably directly from the data, is described.

Keywords

nuclear physics neutron detection electron emission

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0007055,
  title  = {Determination of Scanning Efficiencies in Experiments Using Nuclear Emulsion Sheets},
  author = {G. Brooijmans},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0007055},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

7 pages, uses elsart, to be published in NIMA 450, p 441

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