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Peer-reviewed
Mar, 2016

Extra-large crystal emulsion detectors for future large-scale experiments

JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION
  • T. Ariga
  • ,
  • A. Ariga
  • ,
  • K. Kuwabara
  • ,
  • K. Morishima
  • ,
  • M. Moto
  • ,
  • A. Nishio
  • ,
  • P. Scampoli
  • ,
  • M. Vladymyrov

Volume
11
Number
First page
P03003
Last page
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1088/1748-0221/11/03/P03003
Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Photographic emulsion is a particle tracking device which features the best spatial resolution among particle detectors. For certain applications, for example muon radiography, large-scale detectors are required. Therefore, a huge surface has to be analyzed by means of automated optical microscopes. An improvement of the readout speed is then a crucial point to make these applications possible and the availability of a new type of photographic emulsions featuring crystals of larger size is a way to pursue this program. This would allow a lower magnification for the microscopes, a consequent larger field of view resulting in a faster data analysis. In this framework, we developed new kinds of emulsion detectors with a crystal size of 600-1000 nm, namely 3-5 times larger than conventional ones, allowing a 25 times faster data readout. The new photographic emulsions have shown a sufficient sensitivity and a good signal to noise ratio. The proposed development opens the way to future large-scale applications of the technology, e.g. 3D imaging of glacier bedrocks or future neutrino experiments.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/11/03/P03003
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000375746200066&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1088/1748-0221/11/03/P03003
  • ISSN : 1748-0221
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000375746200066

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