Published June 1, 2020 | Version v1
Journal article

The ProtoDUNE-SP LArTPC electronics production, commissioning, and performance

  • 1. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY, 11973 (United States)
  • 2. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 (United States)
  • 3. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 (United States)
  • 4. Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215 (United States)
  • 5. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (United States)
  • 6. Tsinghua University, Beijing, 10084 (China)
  • 7. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 (United States)
  • 8. University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204 (United States)
  • 9. University of California (Davis), Davis, CA 95616 (United States)
  • 10. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, 1211 (Switzerland)

Description

The ProtoDUNE-SP detector is a large-scale prototype of the Single-Phase (SP) Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) design proposed for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). 15,360 LArTPC wires are instrumented with low electronic noise pre-amplifier and digitization ASICs integrated into Front End Motherboards (FEMBs) operating at cryogenic temperature within the cryostat. The large number of electronics channels and high performance specifications required a large-scale production electronics quality control effort, careful installation into Anode Plane Assemblies (APAs), and rigorous detector commissioning. This successful collaboration-wide effort achieved a working LArTPC electronics channel percentage of 99.7% (15,318 of 15,360 channels in total), whose operating performance exceeded expectations. We summarize the ProtoDUNE-SP cold electronics design and quality control, installation, and commissioning efforts that enabled this excellent electronics performance.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/15/06/P06017

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Instrumentation
Journal Volume
15
Journal Issue
06
Journal Page Range
p. P06017
ISSN
1748-0221