• Title of article

    A readout system for the STAR time projection chamber

  • Author/Authors

    Anderson، نويسنده , , M. and Bieser، نويسنده , , F. and Bossingham، نويسنده , , R. and Cebra، نويسنده , , D. and Hjort، نويسنده , , E.L. and Klein، نويسنده , , S.R. and Kleinfelder، نويسنده , , S. and Vu، نويسنده , , C.Q. and Wieman، نويسنده , , H.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    13
  • From page
    679
  • To page
    691
  • Abstract
    We describe the readout electronics for the STAR Time Projection Chamber. The system is made up of 136,608 channels of waveform digitizer, each sampling 512 time samples at 6–12 Mega-samples per second. The noise level is about 1000 electrons, and the dynamic range is 800:1, allowing for good energy loss (dE/dx) measurement for particles with energy losses up to 40 times minimum ionizing. The system is functioning well, with more than 99% of the channels working within specifications.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
  • Record number

    2198154