Published December 1, 2018 | Version v1
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New read-out electronics for ICARUS-T600 liquid argon TPC. Description, simulation and tests of the new front-end and ADC system

Creators

  • 1. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois (United States)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università di Padova and INFN, Padova (Italy)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Catania and INFN, Catania (Italy)
  • 4. Dipartimento di Fisica "G. Occhialini", Università di Milano-Bicocca and INFN Milano-Bicocca, Milano (Italy)
  • 5. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pavia and INFN, Pavia (Italy)
  • 6. Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università Federico II di Napoli and INFN, Napoli (Italy)
  • 7. INFN – Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (Italy)

Description

The ICARUS T600, a liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr-TPC) detector mainly devoted to neutrino physics, underwent a major overhauling at CERN in 2016–2017, which included also a new design of the read-out electronics, in view of its operation in Fermilab on the Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) beam from 2019. The new more compact electronics showed capability of handling more efficiently the signals also in the intermediate Induction-2 wire plane with a significant increase of signal to noise (S/N), allowing for charge measurement also in this view. The new front-end and the analog to digital conversion (ADC) system are presented together with the results of the tests on 50 liters liquid argon TPC performed at CERN with cosmic rays.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/12/P12007

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1748-0221/13/12/P12007;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Instrumentation
Journal Volume
13
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. P12007
ISSN
1748-0221

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51051236
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS; ARGON; CERN; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; FERMILAB; LIQUIDS; NEUTRINOS; READOUT SYSTEMS; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
Descriptors DEC
DRIFT CHAMBERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; FERMIONS; FLUIDS; GASES; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NONMETALS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; RARE GASES; SIMULATION; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS