Track reconstruction in the emulsion-lead target of the OPERA experiment using the ESS microscope
Instrumentation and Detectors
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
The OPERA experiment, designed to conclusively prove the existence of oscillations in the atmospheric sector, makes use of a massive lead-nuclear emulsion target to observe the appearance of 's in the CNGS beam. The location and analysis of the neutrino interactions in quasi real-time required the development of fast computer-controlled microscopes able to reconstruct particle tracks with sub-micron precision and high efficiency at a speed of 20 cm^2 / h. This paper describes the performance in particle track reconstruction of the European Scanning System, a novel automatic microscope for the measurement of emulsion films developed for OPERA.
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@article{arxiv.0705.3102,
title = {Track reconstruction in the emulsion-lead target of the OPERA experiment using the ESS microscope},
author = {L. Arrabito and C. Bozza and S. Buontempo and L. Consiglio and M. Cozzi and N. D'Ambrosio and G. De Lellis and M. De Serio and F. Di Capua and D. Di Ferdinando and N. Di Marco and A. Ereditato and L. S. Esposito and R. A. Fini and G. Giacomelli and M. Giorgini and G. Grella and M. Ieva and J. Janicsko Csathy and F. Juget and I. Kreslo and I. Laktineh and K. Manai and G. Mandrioli and A. Marotta and P. Migliozzi and P. Monacelli and U. Moser and M. T. Muciaccia and A. Pastore and L. Patrizii and Y. Petukhov and C. Pistillo and M. Pozzato and G. Romano and G. Rosa and A. Russo and N. Savvinov and A. Schembri and L. Scotto Lavina and S. Simone and M. Sioli and C. Sirignano and G. Sirri and P. Strolin and V. Tioukov and T. Waelchli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.3102},
year = {2009}
}
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13 pages, 10 figures