Published April 21, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Design of a high dynamic range photomultiplier base board for the BGO ECAL of DAMPE

Description

A base board for photomultiplier tube (PMT) with multi-dynode readout has been developed for the BGO electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) of the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE). In order to cover a high dynamic range of energy measurements, the signals are read out from different sensitive dynodes 2, 5, and 8 (Dy2, Dy5 and Dy8). The performance of this new type of base board is studied with a light-emitting diode (LED) system and cosmic rays. A wide measuring range from 0.5 to 1.0×105 MIPs can be achieved using the VA32 readout Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.01.036

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2015.01.036;
PII
S0168-9002(15)00067-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
780
Journal Page Range
p. 21-26
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

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