Reconstruction and Performance Evaluation of FASER's Emulsion Detector at the LHC

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Hauptverfasser: FASER Collaboration, Abraham, Roshan Mammen, Ai, Xiaocong, Monsalve, Saul Alonso, Anders, John, Antel, Claire, Ariga, Akitaka, Ariga, Tomoko, Atkinson, Jeremy, Bernlochner, Florian U., Boeckh, Tobias, Boyd, Jamie, Brenner, Lydia, Burger, Angela, Cadou, Franck, Cardella, Roberto, Casper, David W., Cavanagh, Charlotte, Chen, Xin, Chinone, Kohei, Chouhan, Dhruv, Coccaro, Andrea, Débieu, Stephane, Desai, Ansh, Dmitrievsky, Sergey, Dobre, Radu, D'Onofrio, Monica, Eley, Sinead, Favre, Yannick, Fellers, Deion, Feng, Jonathan L., Fenoglio, Carlo Alberto, Ferrere, Didier, Fieg, Max, Filali, Wissal, Firu, Elena, Fujimori, Haruhi, Galantay, Edward, Garabaglu, Ali, Gibson, Stephen, Gonzalez-Sevilla, Sergio, Gornushkin, Yuri, Gwilliam, Carl, Hayakawa, Daiki, Holzbock, Michael, Hsu, Shih-Chieh, Hu, Zhen, Iacobucci, Giuseppe, Inada, Tomohiro, Iodice, Luca, Jakobsen, Sune, Joos, Hans, Kajomovitz, Enrique, Kanai, Takumi, Kawahara, Hiroaki, Keyken, Alex, Kling, Felix, Köck, Daniela, Kontaxakis, Pantelis, Kose, Umut, Kotitsa, Rafaella, Krack, Peter, Kuehn, Susanne, Kugathasan, Thanushan, Levinson, Lorne, Li, Botao, Liu, Jinfeng, Liu, Yi, Lutz, Margaret S., MacDonald, Jack, Magliocca, Chiara, Mäkelä, Toni, McCoy, Lawson, McFayden, Josh, Medina, Andrea Pizarro, Milanesio, Matteo, Moretti, Théo, Moriyama, Keiko, Nakamura, Mitsuhiro, Nakano, Toshiyuki, Nevay, Laurie, Nonaka, Motoya, Ohara, Yuma, Ohashi, Ken, Okui, Kazuaki, Otono, Hidetoshi, Pang, Hao, Paolozzi, Lorenzo, Pawan, Pawan, Petersen, Brian, Preda, Titi, Prim, Markus, Queitsch-Maitland, Michaela, Rojo, Juan, Rokujo, Hiroki, Rubbia, André, Sabater-Iglesias, Jorge, Sato, Osamu, Scampoli, Paola, Schmieden, Kristof, Schott, Matthias, Sebastiani, Christiano, Sfyrla, Anna, Sgalaberna, Davide, Shamim, Mansoora, Shively, Savannah, Takubo, Yosuke, Tarannum, Noshin, Theiner, Ondrej, Thor, Simon, Torrence, Eric, Martinez, Oscar Ivan Valdes, Vasina, Svetlana, Vormwald, Benedikt, Wang, Yuxiao, Welch, Eli, Wielers, Monika, Wilson, Benjamin James, Wu, Jialin, Wuthrich, Johannes Martin, Xu, Yue, Zambito, Stefano, Zhang, Shunliang, Zhao, Xingyu
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author FASER Collaboration
Abraham, Roshan Mammen
Ai, Xiaocong
Monsalve, Saul Alonso
Anders, John
Antel, Claire
Ariga, Akitaka
Ariga, Tomoko
Atkinson, Jeremy
Bernlochner, Florian U.
Boeckh, Tobias
Boyd, Jamie
Brenner, Lydia
Burger, Angela
Cadou, Franck
Cardella, Roberto
Casper, David W.
Cavanagh, Charlotte
Chen, Xin
Chinone, Kohei
Chouhan, Dhruv
Coccaro, Andrea
Débieu, Stephane
Desai, Ansh
Dmitrievsky, Sergey
Dobre, Radu
D'Onofrio, Monica
Eley, Sinead
Favre, Yannick
Fellers, Deion
Feng, Jonathan L.
Fenoglio, Carlo Alberto
Ferrere, Didier
Fieg, Max
Filali, Wissal
Firu, Elena
Fujimori, Haruhi
Galantay, Edward
Garabaglu, Ali
Gibson, Stephen
Gonzalez-Sevilla, Sergio
Gornushkin, Yuri
Gwilliam, Carl
Hayakawa, Daiki
Holzbock, Michael
Hsu, Shih-Chieh
Hu, Zhen
Iacobucci, Giuseppe
Inada, Tomohiro
Iodice, Luca
Jakobsen, Sune
Joos, Hans
Kajomovitz, Enrique
Kanai, Takumi
Kawahara, Hiroaki
Keyken, Alex
Kling, Felix
Köck, Daniela
Kontaxakis, Pantelis
Kose, Umut
Kotitsa, Rafaella
Krack, Peter
Kuehn, Susanne
Kugathasan, Thanushan
Levinson, Lorne
Li, Botao
Liu, Jinfeng
Liu, Yi
Lutz, Margaret S.
MacDonald, Jack
Magliocca, Chiara
Mäkelä, Toni
McCoy, Lawson
McFayden, Josh
Medina, Andrea Pizarro
Milanesio, Matteo
Moretti, Théo
Moriyama, Keiko
Nakamura, Mitsuhiro
Nakano, Toshiyuki
Nevay, Laurie
Nonaka, Motoya
Ohara, Yuma
Ohashi, Ken
Okui, Kazuaki
Otono, Hidetoshi
Pang, Hao
Paolozzi, Lorenzo
Pawan, Pawan
Petersen, Brian
Preda, Titi
Prim, Markus
Queitsch-Maitland, Michaela
Rojo, Juan
Rokujo, Hiroki
Rubbia, André
Sabater-Iglesias, Jorge
Sato, Osamu
Scampoli, Paola
Schmieden, Kristof
Schott, Matthias
Sebastiani, Christiano
Sfyrla, Anna
Sgalaberna, Davide
Shamim, Mansoora
Shively, Savannah
Takubo, Yosuke
Tarannum, Noshin
Theiner, Ondrej
Thor, Simon
Torrence, Eric
Martinez, Oscar Ivan Valdes
Vasina, Svetlana
Vormwald, Benedikt
Wang, Yuxiao
Welch, Eli
Wielers, Monika
Wilson, Benjamin James
Wu, Jialin
Wuthrich, Johannes Martin
Xu, Yue
Zambito, Stefano
Zhang, Shunliang
Zhao, Xingyu
author_facet FASER Collaboration
Abraham, Roshan Mammen
Ai, Xiaocong
Monsalve, Saul Alonso
Anders, John
Antel, Claire
Ariga, Akitaka
Ariga, Tomoko
Atkinson, Jeremy
Bernlochner, Florian U.
Boeckh, Tobias
Boyd, Jamie
Brenner, Lydia
Burger, Angela
Cadou, Franck
Cardella, Roberto
Casper, David W.
Cavanagh, Charlotte
Chen, Xin
Chinone, Kohei
Chouhan, Dhruv
Coccaro, Andrea
Débieu, Stephane
Desai, Ansh
Dmitrievsky, Sergey
Dobre, Radu
D'Onofrio, Monica
Eley, Sinead
Favre, Yannick
Fellers, Deion
Feng, Jonathan L.
Fenoglio, Carlo Alberto
Ferrere, Didier
Fieg, Max
Filali, Wissal
Firu, Elena
Fujimori, Haruhi
Galantay, Edward
Garabaglu, Ali
Gibson, Stephen
Gonzalez-Sevilla, Sergio
Gornushkin, Yuri
Gwilliam, Carl
Hayakawa, Daiki
Holzbock, Michael
Hsu, Shih-Chieh
Hu, Zhen
Iacobucci, Giuseppe
Inada, Tomohiro
Iodice, Luca
Jakobsen, Sune
Joos, Hans
Kajomovitz, Enrique
Kanai, Takumi
Kawahara, Hiroaki
Keyken, Alex
Kling, Felix
Köck, Daniela
Kontaxakis, Pantelis
Kose, Umut
Kotitsa, Rafaella
Krack, Peter
Kuehn, Susanne
Kugathasan, Thanushan
Levinson, Lorne
Li, Botao
Liu, Jinfeng
Liu, Yi
Lutz, Margaret S.
MacDonald, Jack
Magliocca, Chiara
Mäkelä, Toni
McCoy, Lawson
McFayden, Josh
Medina, Andrea Pizarro
Milanesio, Matteo
Moretti, Théo
Moriyama, Keiko
Nakamura, Mitsuhiro
Nakano, Toshiyuki
Nevay, Laurie
Nonaka, Motoya
Ohara, Yuma
Ohashi, Ken
Okui, Kazuaki
Otono, Hidetoshi
Pang, Hao
Paolozzi, Lorenzo
Pawan, Pawan
Petersen, Brian
Preda, Titi
Prim, Markus
Queitsch-Maitland, Michaela
Rojo, Juan
Rokujo, Hiroki
Rubbia, André
Sabater-Iglesias, Jorge
Sato, Osamu
Scampoli, Paola
Schmieden, Kristof
Schott, Matthias
Sebastiani, Christiano
Sfyrla, Anna
Sgalaberna, Davide
Shamim, Mansoora
Shively, Savannah
Takubo, Yosuke
Tarannum, Noshin
Theiner, Ondrej
Thor, Simon
Torrence, Eric
Martinez, Oscar Ivan Valdes
Vasina, Svetlana
Vormwald, Benedikt
Wang, Yuxiao
Welch, Eli
Wielers, Monika
Wilson, Benjamin James
Wu, Jialin
Wuthrich, Johannes Martin
Xu, Yue
Zambito, Stefano
Zhang, Shunliang
Zhao, Xingyu
contents This paper presents the reconstruction and performance evaluation of the FASER$ν$ emulsion detector, which aims to measure interactions from neutrinos produced in the forward direction of proton-proton collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The detector, composed of tungsten plates interleaved with emulsion films, records charged particles with sub-micron precision. A key challenge arises from the extremely high track density environment, reaching $\mathcal{O}(10^5)$ tracks per cm$^2$. To address this, dedicated alignment techniques and track reconstruction algorithms have been developed, building on techniques from previous experiments and introducing further optimizations. The performance of the detector is studied by evaluating the single-film efficiency, position and angular resolution, and the impact parameter distribution of reconstructed vertices. The results demonstrate that an alignment precision of 0.3 micrometers and robust track and vertex reconstruction are achieved, enabling accurate neutrino measurements in the TeV energy range.
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spellingShingle Reconstruction and Performance Evaluation of FASER's Emulsion Detector at the LHC
FASER Collaboration
Abraham, Roshan Mammen
Ai, Xiaocong
Monsalve, Saul Alonso
Anders, John
Antel, Claire
Ariga, Akitaka
Ariga, Tomoko
Atkinson, Jeremy
Bernlochner, Florian U.
Boeckh, Tobias
Boyd, Jamie
Brenner, Lydia
Burger, Angela
Cadou, Franck
Cardella, Roberto
Casper, David W.
Cavanagh, Charlotte
Chen, Xin
Chinone, Kohei
Chouhan, Dhruv
Coccaro, Andrea
Débieu, Stephane
Desai, Ansh
Dmitrievsky, Sergey
Dobre, Radu
D'Onofrio, Monica
Eley, Sinead
Favre, Yannick
Fellers, Deion
Feng, Jonathan L.
Fenoglio, Carlo Alberto
Ferrere, Didier
Fieg, Max
Filali, Wissal
Firu, Elena
Fujimori, Haruhi
Galantay, Edward
Garabaglu, Ali
Gibson, Stephen
Gonzalez-Sevilla, Sergio
Gornushkin, Yuri
Gwilliam, Carl
Hayakawa, Daiki
Holzbock, Michael
Hsu, Shih-Chieh
Hu, Zhen
Iacobucci, Giuseppe
Inada, Tomohiro
Iodice, Luca
Jakobsen, Sune
Joos, Hans
Kajomovitz, Enrique
Kanai, Takumi
Kawahara, Hiroaki
Keyken, Alex
Kling, Felix
Köck, Daniela
Kontaxakis, Pantelis
Kose, Umut
Kotitsa, Rafaella
Krack, Peter
Kuehn, Susanne
Kugathasan, Thanushan
Levinson, Lorne
Li, Botao
Liu, Jinfeng
Liu, Yi
Lutz, Margaret S.
MacDonald, Jack
Magliocca, Chiara
Mäkelä, Toni
McCoy, Lawson
McFayden, Josh
Medina, Andrea Pizarro
Milanesio, Matteo
Moretti, Théo
Moriyama, Keiko
Nakamura, Mitsuhiro
Nakano, Toshiyuki
Nevay, Laurie
Nonaka, Motoya
Ohara, Yuma
Ohashi, Ken
Okui, Kazuaki
Otono, Hidetoshi
Pang, Hao
Paolozzi, Lorenzo
Pawan, Pawan
Petersen, Brian
Preda, Titi
Prim, Markus
Queitsch-Maitland, Michaela
Rojo, Juan
Rokujo, Hiroki
Rubbia, André
Sabater-Iglesias, Jorge
Sato, Osamu
Scampoli, Paola
Schmieden, Kristof
Schott, Matthias
Sebastiani, Christiano
Sfyrla, Anna
Sgalaberna, Davide
Shamim, Mansoora
Shively, Savannah
Takubo, Yosuke
Tarannum, Noshin
Theiner, Ondrej
Thor, Simon
Torrence, Eric
Martinez, Oscar Ivan Valdes
Vasina, Svetlana
Vormwald, Benedikt
Wang, Yuxiao
Welch, Eli
Wielers, Monika
Wilson, Benjamin James
Wu, Jialin
Wuthrich, Johannes Martin
Xu, Yue
Zambito, Stefano
Zhang, Shunliang
Zhao, Xingyu
Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
This paper presents the reconstruction and performance evaluation of the FASER$ν$ emulsion detector, which aims to measure interactions from neutrinos produced in the forward direction of proton-proton collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The detector, composed of tungsten plates interleaved with emulsion films, records charged particles with sub-micron precision. A key challenge arises from the extremely high track density environment, reaching $\mathcal{O}(10^5)$ tracks per cm$^2$. To address this, dedicated alignment techniques and track reconstruction algorithms have been developed, building on techniques from previous experiments and introducing further optimizations. The performance of the detector is studied by evaluating the single-film efficiency, position and angular resolution, and the impact parameter distribution of reconstructed vertices. The results demonstrate that an alignment precision of 0.3 micrometers and robust track and vertex reconstruction are achieved, enabling accurate neutrino measurements in the TeV energy range.
title Reconstruction and Performance Evaluation of FASER's Emulsion Detector at the LHC
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13008