I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN1 Status of scanning lab in Bern 2 Microscopes are operating Data acquisition/sharing setup Scanning performance: 2x2cm 2 in emulsions ## 9-16 Brick 5 without lead Emulsion Changer status

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN2 2 Standard “European” microscopes are installed and operating

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN3 Microscope Setup Camera : 500 fps Mikrotron MC1310 –Used at 376 fps => Speed: ~ 16 cm 2 /h/layer Frame grabber –Matrox Odyssey X-Pro Light system –Flexible Koehler system with Nikon NA=0.8 lens. Last Sysal release (july) –Odyssey2, VertigoScan3 –SmartTracker6 (MIC1),7(MIC2) Objective –Nikon CFI LU Plan x50 NA=0.8 –Heater to avoid condensation

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN4 Microscope Setup Heater R=50 Ohm U=12V DC T~35-40ºC

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN5 HTTP server Data management MIC1 WinXP MIC2 WinXP Data/Web server Linux SuSe9.1 Samba server SySal data directl stored on the server. Conversion to ROOT is done under Linux. All the data is immediately available to external world at

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN6 Scanning performance microtracks

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN7 Scanning performance microtracks

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN8 Scanning performance microtracks

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN9 Scanning performance Basetrack finding parameters # "Prototype_OPERA_microtrack" SIGMA DEGRAD1 4. BINS RAMP RAMP CHI2MAX1 3. CHI2PMAX 13. SIGMAGR 1100.

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN10 Scanning performance basetracks

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN11 Scanning performance basetracks

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN12 Scanning performance basetracks

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN13 Scanning performance Microtrack-basetrack angular residual

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN14 Scanning performance Noise basetracks in ref. emulsion. MIC / 4cm 2 Cut on Chi2<2.0

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN15 Scanning performance Basetracks->Volume tracks # "Prototype_OPERA_basetrack" SIGMA DEGRAD 0 5. BINS RAMP RAMP CHI2MAX 0 5. CHI2PMAX 0 5. CUTCP The Chi is limited by 2. to reject most of the noise

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN16 Scanning performance Basetracks MIC1 (SmartTracker6)

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN17 Scanning performance Basetracks MIC2 (SmartTracker7)

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN18 Scanning performance Noise basetracks MIC2

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN19 Scanning performance Basetracks MIC2

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN20 Scanning performance Basetracks MIC2

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN21 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=1208 Ntot=1238 Nreal=1363 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=1011 Ntot=1049 Nreal=1215 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=1041 Ntot=1110 Nreal=1434 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=894 Ntot=968 Nreal=1327 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=857 Ntot=917 Nreal=1202 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=675 Ntot=751 Nreal=1147 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=750 Ntot=844 Nreal=1353 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=734 Ntot=827 Nreal=1329 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=603 Ntot=668 Nreal=1006 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=646 Ntot=731 Nreal=1194 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=789 Ntot=864 Nreal=1242 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=672 Ntot=731 Nreal=1023 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=637 Ntot=697 Nreal=995 Efficiency in layer 1 at the abs angle : % Ndet=657 Ntot=742 Nreal=1203 Scanning performance Basetracks MIC2

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN22 Emulsion Changer Linear drives by Rexroth (BOSH)

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN23 Emulsion Changer Control electronics by Bern

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN24 Emulsion Changer Venturi vacuum generators

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN25 Emulsion Changer SySal object in manual mode

I.Kreslo / LHEP BERN26 Emulsion Changer TODO Optimize speed & accelerations to provide faultless operation. Modify the glass table to maximize scannable area. Connect SySal PlateChanger with VertigoScan or ScanServer.