Data acquisition for the HILI detector

Author

Teh, K.M. ; Shapira, D. ; McConnell, J.W. ; Kim, H. ; Novotny, R.

Author_Institution

Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA

Volume

35

Issue

1

fYear

1988

Firstpage

272

Lastpage

276

Abstract

A large acceptance, multisegmented detector system capable of the simultaneous detection of heavy ions and light ions (HILI) has been constructed. The heavy ions are detected with a segmented gas-ionization chamber and a multiwire proportional counter, while the light ions are detected with a 192-element plastic ´phoswich´ hodoscope. Processing the large number of signals is accomplished through a combination of CAMAC and FASTBUS modules and preprocessors and a host minicomputer. Details of the data acquisition system and the reasons for adopting a dual-standard system are discussed. A technique for processing signals from an individual hodoscope detector is presented.<>

Keywords

CAMAC; computer interfaces; computerised signal processing; ionisation chambers; physics computing; position sensitive particle detectors; proportional counters; CAMAC; FASTBUS; HILI detector; data acquisition; dual-standard system; multisegmented detector system; multiwire proportional counter; preprocessors; segmented gas-ionization chamber; signal processing; CAMAC; Data acquisition; Event detection; Fastbus; Ionization chambers; Physics; Plastics; Radiation detectors; Signal processing; Solid scintillation detectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.12722

Filename

12722