Published June 2, 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

GigaHertz Analogue Memories in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy

  • 1. PCC and IN2P3/CNRS, College de France, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris (France)
  • 2. LPNHE and IN2P3/CNRS, Universites Paris 6/7, Tour33 RdC, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris (France)
  • 3. Service d'Astrophysique, CEA-Saclay, Bat. 709, Orme des Meurisiers, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 4. LPNHE and IN2P3/CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex (France)

Description

The ARS0 (''Analogue Ring Sampler'') GigaHertz Analogue Memory was developed for the ANTARES experiment by DAPNIA-SEI. Its application for an imaging Cherenkov camera is considered. This chip contains five analogue ring buffers with 128 cells each, with sampling on the nanosecond time-scale. After the arrival of a trigger signal, the analogue data may be read out at a slower rate, up to several hundred microseconds later. These characteristics allow a fully-integrated, compact imaging camera to be built based on this circuit. Results of tests on prototype circuit boards, for a possible application to the HESS project, are presented

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
515
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 373-377
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
26. International cosmic ray conference
Acronym
ICRC 1999
Dates
17-25 Aug 1999
Place
Salt Lake City, UT (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34069040
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CAMERAS; CHERENKOV COUNTERS; CHERENKOV COUNTING; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAMMA ASTRONOMY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEMORY DEVICES; TELESCOPE COUNTERS
Descriptors DEC
ASTRONOMY; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DATA; INFORMATION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUMERICAL DATA; PROCESSING; RADIATION DETECTORS

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Notes
(c) 2000 American Institute of Physics.