First test results of the digital data acquisition at the HORUS spectrometer

Author

Hennig, Andreas ; Elvers, Michael ; Endres, Jurgen ; Fransen, Christoph ; Mayer, Jonas ; Netterdon, Lars ; Pascovici, Gheorghe ; Pickstone, Simon Glynn ; Scholz, P. ; Warr, Nigel ; Weinert, Michael ; Zilges, Andreas

Author_Institution

Inst. for Nucl. Phys., Univ. of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The HORUS spectrometer at the 10MV Tandem accelerator at the Institute for Nuclear Physics in Cologne consists of 14 high-purity germanium γ-detectors. To extend the experimental opportunities, the new silicon-detector array SONIC was designed, housing eight ΔE-E sandwich silicon detectors for ion spectroscopy. In order to process all 30 detector signals, the analog data acquisition was replaced by a digital one using the commercially available DGF-4C modules from the company XIA. The new data acquisition system was tested in two experiments.

Keywords

gamma-ray detection; gamma-ray spectrometers; germanium radiation detectors; silicon radiation detectors; Cologne; DGF-4C modules; HORUS spectrometer; Institute for Nuclear Physics; SONIC silicon-detector array; digital data acquisition; high-purity germanium gamma-detectors; ion spectroscopy; sandwich silicon detectors; tandem accelerator; Arrays; Data acquisition; Detectors; Digital signal processing; Energy resolution; Silicon; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2013 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Marseille

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1046-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2013.6728021

Filename

6728021