| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8174116 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2015 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Nuclear emulsion films are a tracking device with unique space resolution. Their use in nowadays large-scale experiments relies on the availability of automated microscope operating at very high speed. In this paper we describe the features and the latest improvements of the European Scanning System, a last-generation automated microscope for emulsion scanning. In particular, we present a new method for the recovery of tracking inefficiencies. Stacks of double coated emulsion films have been exposed to a 10 GeV/c pion beam. Efficiencies as high as 98% have been achieved for minimum ionising particle tracks perpendicular to the emulsion films and of 93% for tracks with tan(θ)â0.8.
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Authors
A. Alexandrov, C. Bozza, A. Buonaura, L. Consiglio, N. D׳Ambrosio, G. De Lellis, M. De Serio, F. Di Capua, A. Di Crescenzo, D. Di Ferdinando, N. Di Marco, R.A. Fini, G. Galati, G. Giacomelli, G. Grella, B. Hosseini, U. Kose, A. Lauria, V. Tioukov,