Hyper-track selector nuclear emulsion readout system aimed at scanning an area of one thousand square meters

Masahiro Yoshimoto; Toshiyuki Nakano; Ryosuke Komatani; Hiroaki Kawahara

doi:10.1093/ptep/ptx131

Hyper-track selector nuclear emulsion readout system aimed at scanning an area of one thousand square meters

Instrumentation and Detectors 2017-11-15 v3

Authors: Masahiro Yoshimoto , Toshiyuki Nakano , Ryosuke Komatani , Hiroaki Kawahara

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Abstract

Automatic nuclear emulsion readout systems have seen remarkable progress since the original idea was developed almost 40 years ago. After the success of its full application to a large-scale neutrino experiment, OPERA, a much faster readout system, the hyper-track selector (HTS), has been developed. HTS, which has an extremely wide-field objective lens, reached a scanning speed of 4700 cm $^2$ /h, which is nearly 100 times faster than the previous system and therefore strongly promotes many new experimental projects. We will describe the concept, specifications, system structure, and achieved performance in this paper.

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nuclear emulsion readout system hyper-track selector scanning speed neutrino experiment OPERA

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@article{arxiv.1704.06814,
  title  = {Hyper-track selector nuclear emulsion readout system aimed at scanning an area of one thousand square meters},
  author = {Masahiro Yoshimoto and Toshiyuki Nakano and Ryosuke Komatani and Hiroaki Kawahara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.06814},
  year   = {2017}
}

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21 pages, 24 figures, 2 tables, submitted to PTEP

Hyper-track selector nuclear emulsion readout system aimed at scanning an area of one thousand square meters

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