Published August 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

The Emulsion Scanning System of the OPERA experiment

  • 1. Department of Physics, L'Aquila University, Via Vetoio - Coppito 67100 L'Aquila (Italy)
  • 2. Nagoya University, 464-8602 Nagoya (Japan)

Description

The target unit of the OPERA detector, the so called brick, is made of lead plates acting as the neutrino target interleaved with nuclear emulsion films acting as trackers with micrometric accuracy. In this paper we report the nuclear emulsion analysis chain, from the confirmation of the electronic detector trigger for the brick tagging to the neutrino interaction vertex location and reconstruction.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2012.09.106

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2012.09.106;
PII
S0920-5632(12)00323-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
229-232
Journal Page Range
p. 469
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
24. international conference on neutrino physics and astrophysics
Acronym
Neutrino 2010
Dates
14-19 Jun 2010
Place
Athens (Greece)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44103279
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; EMULSIONS; FILMS; INTERACTIONS; NEUTRINOS; NUCLEAR EMULSIONS
Descriptors DEC
COLLOIDS; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES

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