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Report number	physics/0604043
Title	Hardware performance of a scanning system for high speed analysis of nuclear emulsions
Author(s)	Arrabito, L. (Lyon, IPN) ; Barbuto, E. (Salerno U. ; INFN, Salerno) ; Bozza, C. (Salerno U. ; INFN, Salerno) ; Buontempo, S. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Consiglio, L. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Coppola, D. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Cozzi, M. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Damet, J. (Bern U., LHEP) ; D'Ambrosio, N. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; De Lellis, G. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; De Serio, M. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Di Capua, F. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Di Ferdinando, D. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Di Marco, D. (L'Aquila U. ; INFN, Aquila ; Gran Sasso) ; Esposito, L.S. (Gran Sasso) ; Giacomelli, G. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Grella, G. (Salerno U. ; INFN, Salerno) ; Hauger, M. (Neuchatel U.) ; Juget, F. (Neuchatel U.) ; Kreslo, I. (Bern U., LHEP) ; Giorgini, M. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Ieva, M. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Laktineh, I. (Lyon, IPN) ; Manai, K. (Lyon, IPN) ; Mandrioli, G. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Marotta, A. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Manzoor, S. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Migliozzi, P. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Monacelli, P. (L'Aquila U. ; INFN, Aquila ; Gran Sasso) ; Muciaccia, M.T. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Pastore, A. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Patrizii, L. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Pistillo, C. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Pozzato, M. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Royole-Degieux, P. (Lyon, IPN) ; Romano, G. (Salerno U. ; INFN, Salerno) ; Rosa, G. (Rome U. ; INFN, Rome) ; Savvinov, N. (Bern U., LHEP) ; Schembri, A. (Rome U. ; INFN, Rome) ; Scotto Lavina, L. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Simone, S. (Bari U. ; INFN, Bari) ; Sioli, M. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Sirignano, C. (Salerno U. ; INFN, Salerno) ; Sirri, G. (Bologna U. ; INFN, Bologna) ; Sorrentino, G. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Strolin, P. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Tioukov, V. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Waelchli, T. (Bern U., LHEP)
Publication	2006-08-02
Imprint	6 Apr 2006
Number of pages	10
Note	preliminary entry
In:	Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., A 568 (2006) 578-587
DOI	10.1016/j.nima.2006.06.072
Subject category	Other Fields of Physics
Abstract	The use of nuclear emulsions in very large physics experiments is now possible thanks to the recent improvements in the industrial production of emulsions and to the development of fast automated microscopes. In this paper the hardware performances of the European Scanning System (ESS) are described. The ESS is a very fast automatic system developed for the mass scanning of the emulsions of the OPERA experiment, which requires microscopes with scanning speeds of about 20 cm^2/h in an emulsion volume of 44 micron thickness.

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