Title :
The new readout electronics for the BaF2-calorimeter TAPS
Author :
Drexler, P. ; Thöring, U. ; Bonn, W. ; van der Duin, H.A.P. ; Holzmann, R. ; van der Kruk, G. ; Krusche, B. ; Löhner, H. ; Metag, V. ; Nijboer, T.W. ; Novotny, R. ; Potapov, A. ; Salz, C. ; Schadmand, S. ; Steinacher, M. ; Thiel, M. ; Vorenholt, H.
Author_Institution :
Phys. Inst., Univ. Giessen, Germany
Abstract :
A highly compact and fast VME based readout board for BaF2 scintillation detectors has been designed, developed, and finally tested in an in-beam experiment. Adapted to the excellent properties of BaF2, the unit allows to digitize time, energy, and pulse-shape information of four detector channels in parallel. The board is piggy-back plugged onto a motherboard containing a high-speed 12-bit ADC and the VME interface, commercially available in the customized version CAEN V874 A. Both combine to one single VME slot. A first measurement of the photon response of a TAPS subarray with energy tagged photons up to 2.6 GeV documents the full functionality and excellent performance.
Keywords :
barium compounds; nuclear electronics; particle calorimetry; pulse shaping circuits; readout electronics; solid scintillation detectors; system buses; 0 to 2.6 GeV; BaF2; CAEN V874 A; TAPS calorimeter; fast VME based readout board; photon response; pulse-shape information; readout electronics; scintillation detectors; Analog-digital conversion; Circuits; Collaboration; Detectors; Energy measurement; Physics; Pulse measurements; Readout electronics; Scintillation counters; Spectroscopy;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2003.815166
