Title :
Front end electronics and trigger system for the KARMEN neutrino experiment
Author :
Gemmeke, H. ; Husson, L. ; Maschuw, R. ; Plischke, P. ; Wochele, J. ; Zeitnitz, B. ; Deimling, B. ; Fromhein, O. ; Heep, W. ; Hellmann, G. ; Karbstein, W.
Author_Institution :
Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, West Germany
fDate :
2/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
KARMEN is a 56-t liquid scintillation calorimeter for neutrino experiments using beam-dump neutrinos from the spallation neutron source ISIS of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. The central detector is surrounded by two layers of antidetectors to define the fiducial volume for v reactions. The architecture of the electronics system of the KARMEN detector is described. The readout of the position-sensitive calorimeter is controlled by a trigger processor that analyzes the sum energy and multiplicity of the 512 central detector modules. Zero suppression during the ADC (analog/digital converter) scan facilitates a fast readout. A sophisticated, high degree of multiplexing leads to an economical system
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; calorimeters; nuclear electronics; trigger circuits; ADC; KARMEN detector; electronics; position-sensitive calorimeter; readout; trigger processor; trigger system; Event detection; Intersymbol interference; Laboratories; Light scattering; Mesons; Neutrino sources; Neutrons; Particle scattering; Solid scintillation detectors; Steel;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
