Title :
Design and performance of the readout electronics chain of the Delphi forward ring imaging Cherenkov detector
Author :
Dam, P. ; Formenti, F. ; Hallgren, A. ; Isenhower, D. ; Kostarakis, P. ; Loukas, D. ; McCulloch, L. ; Nielsen, B.S. ; Tarle, J.C. ; de la Vega, A.S. ; Xyroutsikos, S.
fDate :
10/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The front-end readout electronics chain of the forward ring imaging Cherenkov (FRICH) detector used at the Delphi experiment of the Large Electron Positron (LEP) collider is presented. The system incorporates a wideband low-noise preamplifier, mounted in the proximity of the multiwire proportional chamber, an amplifying-discriminating-multiplexing FASTBUS unit for further signal amplification, discrimination, and channel reduction, and a LEP time digitizer FASTBUS unit for time digitization. The detector and its electronics are discussed, with particular emphasis on the novel characteristics and capabilities of the system
Keywords :
Cherenkov counters; nuclear electronics; proportional counters; Delphi forward ring imaging Cherenkov detector; FRICH; LEP; LEP time digitizer FASTBUS unit; Large Electron Positron; amplifying-discriminating-multiplexing FASTBUS unit; channel reduction; front-end readout electronics chain; multiwire proportional chamber; signal amplification; time digitization; wideband low-noise preamplifier; Anodes; Data acquisition; Detectors; Electrons; Fastbus; Mesons; Preamplifiers; Readout electronics; Strips; Wires;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
