Title :
Probing the Merits of Different Event Parameters for the Identification of Light Charged Particles in CHIMERA CsI(Tl) Detectors With Digital Pulse Shape Analysis
Author :
Acosta, Leopoldo ; Amorini, F. ; Bassini, R. ; Boiano, C. ; Cardella, G. ; De Filippo, E. ; Grassi, L. ; Guazzoni, C. ; Guazzoni, P. ; Kiš, M. ; La Guidara, E. ; Leifels, Y. ; Lombardo, I. ; Minniti, T. ; Pagano, Annachiara ; Papa, M. ; Pirrone, S. ; Po
Author_Institution :
Lab. Naz. del Sud, Catania, Italy
Abstract :
We investigated the merits of different event parameters in the identification of Light Charged Particles (LCPs) with CsI(Tl) scintillators read out by photodiodes at high incident energy (400 MeV/u). This investigation is made possible by digital signal processing the output signals. As in the conventional analogue case, the digitized signals allow the discrimination of light charged particles by computing the fast and slow components. In addition other identification parameters as the rise time of the output pulses of the CsI(Tl) come out nearly for free. Aim of this paper is the investigation of novel identification plots and the probe of their merits, in particular at relativistic energies.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; particle beam diagnostics; photodiodes; scintillation counters; signal processing; CHIMERA CsI(Tl) Detectors; CsI(Tl) scintillators read out; digital pulse shape analysis; digital signal processing; event parameter merits; incident energy; light charged particles; novel identification plots; output signals; photodiodes; relativistic beam energies; Detectors; Digital signal processing; Fast light; Protons; Shape; Silicon; Telescopes; CsI(Tl) scintillators; intermediate energy nuclear physics; online digital signal processing; particle identification; pulse shape analysis;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2013.2237789
