High-speed automatic microscopy for real time tracks reconstruction in nuclear emulsion

Author

D´Ambrosio, Nicola

Author_Institution

Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli

fYear

2005

fDate

10-10 June 2005

Abstract

The OPERA experiment (oscillation project with emulsion-tracking apparatus) uses a massive nuclear emulsion detector to search for v_murarrv_tau oscillation by identifying tau leptons through the direct detection of their decay topology. The feasibility of experiments using a large mass emulsion detector is linked to the impressive progress under way in the development of automatic emulsion analysis. A new generation of scanning systems requires the development of fast automatic microscopes for emulsion scanning and image analysis to reconstruct tracks of elementary particles. The paper presents the European scanning system (ESS) developed in the framework of OPERA collaboration

Keywords

high-speed techniques; microscopy; nuclear track emulsions; oscillations; radioactivity; decay topology; emulsion scanning; emulsion-tracking apparatus; high-speed automatic microscopy; image analysis; nuclear emulsion detector; oscillation; real time tracks reconstruction; CMOS process; Cameras; Image recognition; Image reconstruction; Lamps; Micromotors; Microscopy; Optical sensors; Particle tracking; Petroleum;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Real Time Conference, 2005. 14th IEEE-NPSS

Conference_Location

Stockholm

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9183-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTC.2005.1547488

Filename

1547488