Track reconstruction in the emulsion-lead target of the OPERA experiment using the ESS microscope

Arrabito, L.; Mandrioli, G.; Patrizii, L.; Bozza, C.; Cozzi, M.; Simone, S.; Consiglio, L.; Petukhov, Y.; Tioukov, V.; Pistillo, C.; Sioli, M.; Kreslo, I.; Buontempo, S.; Savvinov, N.; Marco, N.Di; Romano, G.; D'Ambrosio, N.; Lellis, G.De; Ereditato, A.; Schembri, A.; Serio, M.De; Giacomelli, G.; Grella, G.; Rosa, G.; Waelchli, T.; Pastore, A.; Csathy, J.Janicsko; Fini, R.A.; Monacelli, P.; Lavina, L.Scotto; Juget, F.; Pozzato, M.; Giorgini, M.; Moser, U.; Laktineh, I.; Muciaccia, M.T.; Ieva, M.; Strolin, P.; Sirri, G.; Marotta, A.; Capua, F.Di; Russo, A.; Ferdinando, D.Di; Sirignano, C.; Manai, K.; Migliozzi, P.; Esposito, L.S.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/2/05/P05004

Article
Report number	arXiv:0705.3102
Title	Track reconstruction in the emulsion-lead target of the OPERA experiment using the ESS microscope
Related title	OSCILLATION PROJECT WITH EMULSION TRACKING APPARATUS ESO SCULPTOR SURVEY
Author(s)	Arrabito, L. (Lyon, IPN) ; Bozza, C. (INFN, Salerno ; Salerno U.) ; Buontempo, S. (INFN, Naples ; Naples U.) ; Consiglio, L. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Cozzi, M. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; D'Ambrosio, N. (Gran Sasso) ; Lellis, G.De (INFN, Naples ; Naples U.) ; Serio, M.De (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Capua, F.Di (INFN, Naples ; Naples U.) ; Ferdinando, D.Di (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Marco, N.Di (Gran Sasso) ; Ereditato, A. (Bern U.) ; Esposito, L.S. (Gran Sasso) ; Fini, R.A. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Giacomelli, G. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Giorgini, M. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Grella, G. (INFN, Salerno ; Salerno U.) ; Ieva, M. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Csathy, J.Janicsko (Neuchatel U.) ; Juget, F. (Neuchatel U.) ; Kreslo, I. (Bern U.) ; Laktineh, I. (Lyon, IPN) ; Manai, K. (Lyon, IPN) ; Mandrioli, G. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Marotta, A. (INFN, Naples ; Naples U.) ; Migliozzi, P. (INFN, Naples ; Naples U.) ; Monacelli, P. (Gran Sasso) ; Moser, U. (Bern U.) ; Muciaccia, M.T. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Pastore, A. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Patrizii, L. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Petukhov, Y. (Dubna, JINR) ; Pistillo, C. (Bern U.) ; Pozzato, M. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Romano, G. (INFN, Salerno ; Salerno U.) ; Rosa, G. (INFN, Rome ; Rome U.) ; Russo, A. (INFN, Naples ; Naples U.) ; Savvinov, N. (Bern U.) ; Schembri, A. (INFN, Rome ; Rome U.) ; Lavina, L.Scotto (INFN, Naples ; Naples U.) ; Simone, S. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Sioli, M. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Sirignano, C. (INFN, Salerno ; Salerno U.) ; Sirri, G. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Strolin, P. (INFN, Naples ; Naples U.) ; Tioukov, V. (INFN, Naples ; Naples U.) ; Waelchli, T. (Bern U.)
Publication	2007
Imprint	23 May 2007
Number of pages	13
Note	13 pages, 10 figures
In:	JINST 2 (2007) P05004
DOI	10.1088/1748-0221/2/05/P05004
Subject category	Detectors and Experimental Techniques ; Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN SPS ; OPERA CNGS1
Abstract	The OPERA experiment, designed to conclusively prove the existence of $\rm \nu_\mu \to \nu_\tau$ oscillations in the atmospheric sector, makes use of a massive lead-nuclear emulsion target to observe the appearance of $\rm \nu_\tau$'s in the CNGS $\rm \nu_\mu$ beam. The location and analysis of the neutrino interactions in quasi real-time required the development of fast computer-controlled microscopes able to reconstruct particle tracks with sub-micron precision and high efficiency at a speed of 20 cm^2 / h. This paper describes the performance in particle track reconstruction of the European Scanning System, a novel automatic microscope for the measurement of emulsion films developed for OPERA.
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