The ProtoDUNE-SP LArTPC electronics production, commissioning, and performance
Creators
- 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/P06017Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Instrumentation
- Journal Volume
- 15
- Journal Issue
- 06
- Journal Page Range
- p. P06017
- ISSN
- 1748-0221
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 52089090
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- AMPLIFIERS; ANODES; ARGON; COMMISSIONING; CRYOSTATS; DESIGN; NEUTRINO DETECTION; NEUTRINOS; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS; UNDERGROUND
- Descriptors DEC
- CONTROL; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DETECTION; DRIFT CHAMBERS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; FERMIONS; FLUIDS; GASES; LEPTONS; LEVELS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; NONMETALS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RARE GASES; THERMOSTATS