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Title: Performance of automatic scanning microscope for nuclear emulsion experiments

Abstract

The impressive improvements in scanning technology and methods let nuclear emulsion to be used as a target in recent large experiments. We report the performance of an automatic scanning microscope for nuclear emulsion experiments. After successful calibration and alignment of the system, we have reached 99% tracking efficiency for the minimum ionizing tracks that penetrating through the emulsions films. The automatic scanning system is successfully used for the scanning of emulsion films in the OPERA experiment and plan to use for the next generation of nuclear emulsion experiments.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara (Turkey)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22499198
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1702; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: ICCMSE 2015: International conference of computational methods in sciences and engineering 2015, Athens (Greece), 20-23 Mar 2015; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ALIGNMENT; CALIBRATION; EFFICIENCY; FILMS; MICROSCOPES; NUCLEAR EMULSIONS; PARTICLE TRACKS; PERFORMANCE

Citation Formats

Güler, A. Murat, E-mail: mguler@newton.physics.metu.edu.tr, Altınok, Özgür, and Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155. Performance of automatic scanning microscope for nuclear emulsion experiments. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4938982.
Güler, A. Murat, E-mail: mguler@newton.physics.metu.edu.tr, Altınok, Özgür, & Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155. Performance of automatic scanning microscope for nuclear emulsion experiments. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4938982
Güler, A. Murat, E-mail: mguler@newton.physics.metu.edu.tr, Altınok, Özgür, and Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155. 2015. "Performance of automatic scanning microscope for nuclear emulsion experiments". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4938982.
@article{osti_22499198,
title = {Performance of automatic scanning microscope for nuclear emulsion experiments},
author = {Güler, A. Murat, E-mail: mguler@newton.physics.metu.edu.tr and Altınok, Özgür and Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155},
abstractNote = {The impressive improvements in scanning technology and methods let nuclear emulsion to be used as a target in recent large experiments. We report the performance of an automatic scanning microscope for nuclear emulsion experiments. After successful calibration and alignment of the system, we have reached 99% tracking efficiency for the minimum ionizing tracks that penetrating through the emulsions films. The automatic scanning system is successfully used for the scanning of emulsion films in the OPERA experiment and plan to use for the next generation of nuclear emulsion experiments.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4938982},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22499198}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1702,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}