Title :
The new read-out electronics for the BaF2-calorimeter TAPS
Author :
Drexler, P. ; Thöring, U. ; Bonn, W. ; van der Duin, H.A.P. ; Holzmann, R. ; van der Kruk, G. ; Krusche, B. ; Löhner, H. ; Metag, V. ; Nijboer, T.W. ; Novotny, R. ; Potapov, A. ; Salz, C. ; Schadmand, S. ; Steinacher, M. ; Thiel, M. ; Vorenholt, H.
Author_Institution :
2nd Phys. Inst., Giessen Univ., Germany
Abstract :
A highly compact and fast VME based read-out board for BaF2 scintillation detectors has been designed, developed and finally tested in an in-beam experiment. Adapted to the excellent properties of BaF2, the unit allows to digitize time, energy and pulse-shape information of 4 detector channels in parallel. The board is piggy-back plugged onto a motherboard containing a high-speed 12-bit ADC and the VME interface, commercially available in the customized version CAEN V874A. Both together combine to one single VME slot. A first measurement of the photon response of a TAPS sub-array with energy marked photons up to 2.6 GeV has documented the full functionality and excellent performance.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; barium compounds; high energy physics instrumentation computing; nuclear electronics; particle calorimetry; readout electronics; solid scintillation detectors; system buses; 0 to 2.6 GeV; BaF2; BaF2-calorimeter; TAPS; digitization; fast VME based read-out board; high-speed 12-bit ADC; read-out electronics; scintillation detectors; Analog-digital conversion; Collaboration; Delay; Energy measurement; Pulse measurements; Scintillation counters; Solid scintillation detectors; Spectroscopy; Telephony; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2002 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7636-6
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2002.1239381
