Readout of GEM stacks with the CERN SRS system

Author

Purschke, M.L.

Author_Institution

Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

9-15 June 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The PHENIX Collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy ion Collider (RHIC) is considering a Gas-Electron Multiplier (GEM) tracker as part of a major upgrade of the PHENIX apparatus. The CERN RD51 collaboration has developed a “Scalable Readout System” (SRS) to facilitate a standard readout system which is suitable for GEM stacks. For the tests we are currently conducting, we have implemented the readout of the SRS into our bench-top DAQ system, “RCDAQ”. In addition to showing some early data from our GEM test detector, we will introduce the concepts behind RCDAQ, show the implementation of the SRS, and highlight the main features of the system.

Keywords

data acquisition; nuclear electronics; position sensitive particle detectors; readout electronics; scintillation counters; semiconductor counters; CERN RD51 collaboration; CERN SRS system; GEM stacks; GEM test detector; PHENIX apparatus; PHENIX collaboration; RCDAQ system; bench-top DAQ system; gas-electron multiplier tracker; relativistic heavy ion collider; scalable readout system; standard readout system; Collaboration; Data acquisition; Detectors; Position measurement; Semiconductor device measurement; Standards; Strips;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Real Time Conference (RT), 2012 18th IEEE-NPSS

Conference_Location

Berkeley, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1082-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTC.2012.6418184

Filename

6418184