System test of a prototype LHCb RICH detector

Author

Patel, Mitesh

Author_Institution

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

16-22 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

1029

Abstract

A prototype of the LHCb ring imaging Cherenkov detector has been constructed. The prototype module contained a pre-production pixel hybrid photon detector, mounted on the final photon detector mechanics. The photon detector was read out at the full LHC speed of 40 MHz using the full prototype on-detector RICH electronics readout chain. The readout uses radiation-tolerant FPGA technology, 1.6 GHz optical links and 40 MHz trigger-timing and control (TTC). The photon detector was mounted in a gas vessel and Cherenkov rings have been observed from an N₂ radiator using electron and pion beams.

Keywords

Cherenkov counters; nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; readout electronics; 1.6 GHz; 40 MHz; Cherenkov rings; LHCb ring imaging Cherenkov detector; N₂ radiator; electron beam; gas vessel; optical links; photon detector mechanics; pion beam; preproduction pixel hybrid photon detector; prototype LHCb RICH detector; prototype module; prototype on-detector RICH electronics readout chain; radiation-tolerant FPGA technology; trigger control; trigger timing; Detectors; Electron beams; Field programmable gate arrays; Large Hadron Collider; Mesons; Optical control; Optical fiber communication; Optical imaging; Prototypes; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8700-7

Electronic_ISBN

1082-3654

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462380

Filename

1462380