Real time compensation of the path spread in large time-of-flight systems

Author

Bonazzola, Gian Carlo ; Bressani, Tullio ; Calvo, Daniela ; De Remigis, Paolo ; Gallian, Silvan0 ; Gianotti, Paola ; Feliciello, Alessandro ; Marcello, Simonetta ; Masala, Marina ; Tricomi, Vincenzo I. ; Agnello, Michelangelo ; Iazzi, F. ; Macciotta, Paol

Author_Institution

INFN, Torino, Italy

Volume

36

Issue

1

fYear

1989

fDate

2/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

806

Lastpage

810

Abstract

The operating principle of an electric system able to compensate in real time the differences in time-of-flight due to the path-length spread occurring in large devices with pointlike geometries is described. Experimental tests with a particle beam have provided very good results, opening the possibility of triggering with very long scintillators with time resolutions of the order of 1 ns. It is concluded the system completely fills the requirements of the OBELIX experiment, extending the range of π/k separation from ≈300 to ≈600 MeV/c

Keywords

nuclear electronics; particle beam diagnostics; time of flight spectroscopy; OBELIX experiment; electric system; operating principle; particle beam; path-length spread; pointlike geometries; real time; scintillators; time resolutions; time-of-flight systems; Circuits; Geometry; Mesons; Nuclear physics; Particle beams; Photomultipliers; Radiation detectors; Real time systems; Testing; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.34554

Filename

34554