Calibration system for the 3072 channel scintillating fiber/VLPC test facility for the D0 upgrade at Fermilab

Author

Baumbaugh, B. ; Lu, Q. ; Marchant, J. ; Ruchti, R. ; Warchol, J. ; Wayne, M.

Author_Institution

Notre Dame Univ., IN, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

30 Oct-5 Nov 1994

Firstpage

555

Abstract

A calibration system for the testing of scintillating fibers and visible light photon counters (VLPC) has been constructed at Notre Dame and installed in a cosmic ray test facility at Fermilab. The purpose of the cosmic ray test is to assess the viability of the fiber tracking technique for the upgraded D0 central detector. The purpose of this calibration system is to monitor the performance of the 3072 fiber/VLPC detector elements for continuity, gain and uniformity of response. We report on the design, construction and operation of the calibration system

Keywords

amplification; calibration; photon counting; solid scintillation detectors; D0 central detector; D0 upgrade; calibration system; continuity; control processor; cosmic ray test facility; design; gain; latch driver cards; response uniformity; scintillating fibers; visible light photon counters; Calibration; Communication system control; Control systems; Detectors; Light emitting diodes; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Process control; System testing; Test facilities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1994., 1994 IEEE Conference Record

Conference_Location

Norfolk, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2544-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1994.474542

Filename

474542