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

Author

D´Ambrosio, Nicola

Author_Institution

Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucl., Napoli, Italy

Volume

53

Issue

3

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

667

Lastpage

670

Abstract

The Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus (OPERA) experiment will use a massive nuclear emulsion detector to search for ν_μ→ν_τ oscillation by identifying τ 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

computerised instrumentation; neutrino detection; neutrino oscillations; nuclear track emulsions; optical microscopy; ESS; European Scanning System; OPERA; Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking Apparatus; automatic emulsion analysis; decay topology; elementary particles; emulsion scanning; high-speed automatic microscopy; image analysis; large mass emulsion detector; massive nuclear emulsion detector; muon neutrino into tau neutrino oscillation; real time track reconstruction; Cameras; Detectors; Image analysis; Image reconstruction; Microscopy; Neutrino sources; Nuclear power generation; Particle tracking; Research and development; Topology; Automatic microscopy; image analysis; neutrino; nuclear emulsions;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2006.875069

Filename

1644922