The automatic collection and reduction of data for nuclear spark chambers
A system is described that dispenses with the use of photographic film for recording the data contained in the discharge of a nuclear spark chamber. Instead, the chamber itself is directly viewed by a television vidicon camera, whose output is digitized for direct input to a computer or for recording on magnetic tape. Preliminary experiments indicate that a measurement precision of 0.1% (i.e., location of the center of a spark to 1 mm in a meter-wide chamber) is easily attainable with ordinary industrial vidicon tubes. The existence of high resolution vidicons makes it likely that this figure can be substantially improved. By coupling the video system directly to an IBM 7090 computer, it is shown that the automatic collection and on-line analysis of 10/sup 5/ spark chamber events per day is probably feasible.
- Research Organization:
- CERN, Geneva
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-008948
- OSTI ID:
- 4799524
- Journal Information:
- Nuovo Cimento, Journal Name: Nuovo Cimento Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 22; ISSN 0029-6341
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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