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Electron/pion separation with an Emulsion Cloud Chamber by using a Neural Network
We have studied the performance of a new algorithm for electron/pion
separation in an Emulsion Cloud Chamber (ECC) made of lead and nuclear emulsion
films. The software for separation consists of two parts: a shower
reconstruction algorithm and a Neural Network that assigns to each
reconstructed shower the probability to be an electron or a pion. The
performance has been studied for the ECC of the OPERA experiment [1].
The separation algorithm has been optimized by using a detailed Monte
Carlo simulation of the ECC and tested on real data taken at CERN (pion beams)
and at DESY (electron beams). The algorithm allows to achieve a 90% electron
identification efficiency with a pion misidentification smaller than 1% for
energies higher than 2 GeV
"Tomography" of the cluster structure of light nuclei via relativistic dissociation
These lecture notes present the capabilities of relativistic nuclear physics
for the development of the physics of nuclear clusters. Nuclear track emulsion
continues to be an effective technique for pilot studies that allows one, in
particular, to study the cluster dissociation of a wide variety of light
relativistic nuclei within a common approach. Despite the fact that the
capabilities of the relativistic fragmentation for the study of nuclear
clustering were recognized quite a long time ago, electronic experiments have
not been able to come closer to an integrated analysis of ensembles of
relativistic fragments. The continued pause in the investigation of the "fine"
structure of relativistic fragmentation has led to resumption of regular
exposures of nuclear emulsions in beams of light nuclei produced for the first
time at the Nuclotron of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR,
Dubna). To date, an analysis of the peripheral interactions of relativistic
isotopes of beryllium, boron, carbon and nitrogen, including radioactive ones,
with nuclei of the emulsion composition, has been performed, which allows the
clustering pattern to be presented for a whole family of light nuclei.Comment: ISBN 978-3-319-01076-2. 55 pages, 28 figure
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PRELIMINARY CALCULATIONS RANGE-ENERGY CURVE FOR PROTONS IN G.5 EMULSION OF DENSITY 3.815 gm./cm3 (High Velocity Portion)
EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC TRACK ANALYSIS
A comprehensive program has been initiated at the University of California Radiation Laboratory to give practical aid to the physicists and technicians carrying out track measurements. Attention has been given to stack alignment, coordinate read-out, grain-density measurement, multiple-scattering measurements, and data recording. (A. C.
DATA FOR ELEMENTARY-PARTICLE PHYSICS
S>Tables of elementary-particle data in easily accessible form are presented for researchers in highenergy physics. Included are: The Masses used Mean Lives of the Elementary Particles; Atomic and Nuclear Properties of Materials; Particle Scattering; atomic and Nuclear Constants; and Particle Decay and Reaction Dynamics. (T.R.H.
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DATA FOR ELEMENTARY-PARTICLE PHYSICS
S>Tables of elementary-particle data in easily accessible form are presented for researchers in highenergy physics. Included are: The Masses used Mean Lives of the Elementary Particles; Atomic and Nuclear Properties of Materials; Particle Scattering; atomic and Nuclear Constants; and Particle Decay and Reaction Dynamics. (T.R.H.
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Range Energy Relation for Protons in Nuclear Emulsions
An experimental range-energy relation in Ilford C-2 emulsion has been obtained for proteins up to 39.5 Mev. In the region from 17 to 33 Mev the relation for dry emulsion is fitted by the empirical equation E{sub (MeV)} = 0.251 R{sub ({mu})} 0.581. Variations in water content due to changes in atmospheric humidity make several percent difference in range. The range in Ilford glass is found to be 18 {+-} 4 percent longer than in dry C-2 emulsion