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Design, upgrade and characterization of the silicon photomultiplier front-end for the AMIGA detector at the Pierre Auger Observatory
- Source :
- Journal of Instrumentation, 16 (1, Journal of Instrumentation, 16(01):P01026. IOP Publishing Ltd., Digibug: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Journal of Instrumentation 16(January 2021), P01026 (2021). doi:10.1088/1748-0221/16/01/P01026, Journal of Instrumentation, Journal of Instrumentation, IOP Publishing, 2021, 16 (01), pp.P01026. ⟨10.1088/1748-0221/16/01/P01026⟩, Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada, instname, i, 38 Seiten : Tabellen, Diagramme (2020). doi:10.18154/RWTH-2021-06697, Journal of Instrumentation, 16 (01), Art.-Nr.: P01026, Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), instacron:USP, Journal of Instrumentation, 16, 1-40, Journal of Instrumentation, 16(1):P01026. IOP PUBLISHING LTD, Journal of Instrumentation, 16, 01, pp. 1-40
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The successful installation, commissioning, and operation of the Pierre Auger Observatory would not have been possible without the strong commitment and effort from the technical and administrative staff in Malargue. We are very grateful to the following agencies and organizations for financial support: Argentina -Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica; Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica (ANPCyT); Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET); Gobierno de la Provincia de Mendoza; Municipalidad de Malargue; NDM Holdings and Valle Las Lenas; in gratitude for their continuing cooperation over land access; Australia -the Australian Research Council; Brazil -Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq); Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP); Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ); Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Grants No. 2019/10151-2, No. 2010/07359-6 and No. 1999/05404-3; Ministerio da Ciencia, Tecnologia, Inovacoes e Comunicacoes (MCTIC); Czech Republic Grant No. MSMT CR LTT18004, LM2015038, LM2018102, CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001402, CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/18_046/0016010 and CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/17_049/0008422; France -Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Conseil Regional Ile-de-France; Departement Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS); Departement Sciences de l'Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS); Institut Lagrange de Paris (ILP) Grant No. LABEX ANR-10-LABX-63 within the Investissements d'Avenir Programme Grant No. ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02; Germany-Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); Finanzministerium Baden-Wurttemberg; Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics (HAP); Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF); Ministerium fur Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen; Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst des Landes Baden-Wurttemberg; Italy-Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN); Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF); Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR); CETEMPS Center of Excellence; Ministero degli Affari Esteri (MAE); Mexico-Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT) No. 167733; Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM); PAPIIT DGAPA-UNAM; The Netherlands -Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO); Dutch national e-infrastructure with the support of SURF Cooperative; Poland-Ministry of Science and Higher Education, grant No. DIR/WK/2018/11; National Science Centre, Grants No. 2013/08/M/ST9/00322, No. 2016/23/B/ST9/01635 and No. HARMONIA 5-2013/10/M/ST9/00062, UMO-2016/22/M/ST9/00198; Portugal -Portuguese national funds and FEDER funds within Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade through Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (COMPETE); Romania-Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, the Program Nucleu within MCI(PN19150201/16N/2019 and PN19060102) and project PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0839/19PCCDI/2018 within PNCDI III; Slovenia -Slovenian Research Agency, grants P1-0031, P1-0385, I0-0033, N1-0111; Spain-Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad (FPA2017-85114-P and FPA2017-85197-P), Xunta de Galicia (ED431C 2017/07), Junta de Andalucia (SOMM17/6104/UGR), Feder Funds, RENATA Red Nacional Tematica de Astroparticulas (FPA2015-68783-REDT) and Maria de Maeztu Unit of Excellence (MDM-2016-0692); U.S.A. -Department of Energy, Contracts No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, No. DE-FR02-04ER41300, No. DE-FG02-99ER41107 and No. DE-SC0011689; National Science Foundation, Grant No. 0450696; The Grainger Foundation; Marie Curie-IRSES/EPLANET; European Particle Physics Latin American Network; and UNESCO.<br />AMIGA (Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array) is an upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory to complement the study of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR) by measuring the muon content of extensive air showers (EAS). It consists of an array of 61 water Cherenkov detectors on a denser spacing in combination with underground scintillation detectors used for muon density measurement. Each detector is composed of three scintillation modules, with 10 m(2) detection area per module, buried at 2.3 m depth, resulting in a total detection area of 30 m(2). Silicon photomultiplier sensors (SiPM) measure the amount of scintillation light generated by charged particles traversing the modules. In this paper, the design of the front-end electronics to process the signals of those SiPMs and test results from the laboratory and from the Pierre Auger Observatory are described. Compared to our previous prototype, the new electronics shows a higher performance, higher efficiency and lower power consumption, and it has a new acquisition system with increased dynamic range that allows measurements closer to the shower core. The new acquisition system is based on the measurement of the total charge signal that the muonic component of the cosmic ray shower generates in the detector.<br />Argentina - Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica<br />Argentina - Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica (ANPCyT)<br />Argentina - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET)<br />Argentina - Gobierno de la Provincia de Mendoza<br />Argentina - Municipalidad de Malargue<br />Argentina - NDM Holdings<br />Argentina - Valle Las Lenas<br />Australian Research Council<br />Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPQ) Fundacao de Apoio a Pesquisa do Distrito Federal (FAPDF) Brazil - Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP)<br />Fundacao Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio De Janeiro (FAPERJ)<br />Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) 2019/10151-2 2010/07359-6 1999/05404-3<br />Brazil - Ministerio da Ciencia, Tecnologia, Inovacoes e Comunicacoes (MCTIC)<br />Brazil - Czech Republic Grant MSMT CR LTT18004 LM2015038 LM2018102 CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001402 CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/18_046/0016010 CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/17_049/0008422<br />France - Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS<br />Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)<br />France - Conseil Regional Ile-de-France<br />France - Departement Physique Nucleaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS)<br />France - Departement Sciences de l'Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS)<br />French National Research Agency (ANR) LABEX ANR-10-LABX-63<br />Institut Lagrange de Paris (ILP) within the Investissements d'Avenir Programme ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02<br />Federal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF)<br />Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)<br />German Research Foundation (DFG)<br />Germany - Finanzministerium Baden-Wurttemberg<br />Germany - Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics (HAP)<br />Germany - Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF)<br />Germany - Ministerium fur Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen<br />Germany - Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst des Landes Baden-Wurttemberg<br />Italy - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)<br />Italy - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)<br />Italy - Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR)<br />Italy - CETEMPS Center of Excellence<br />Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT) 167733<br />Mexico - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)<br />Mexico - PAPIIT DGAPA-UNAM<br />Netherlands - Ministry of Education, Culture and Science<br />Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)<br />Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)<br />The Netherlands - SURF Cooperative<br />Poland - Ministry of Science and Higher Education DIR/WK/2018/11 Poland - National Science Centre 2013/08/M/ST9/00322 2016/23/B/ST9/01635 HARMONIA 5-2013/10/M/ST9/00062 UMO-2016/22/M/ST9/00198<br />Portugal - Portuguese national funds Portugal - FEDER funds within Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade through Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (COMPETE)<br />Romania - Romanian Ministry of Education and Research Romania - Program Nucleu within MCI PN19150201/16N/2019 PN19060102 Romania - PNCDI III PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0839/19PCCDI/2018<br />Slovenian Research Agency - Slovenia P1-0031 P1-0385 I0-0033 N1-0111<br />Spain - Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad FPA2017-85114-P FPA2017-85197-P<br />Spain - Xunta de Galicia ED431C 2017/07<br />Junta de Andalucia SOMM17/6104/UGR<br />Spain - Feder Funds<br />Spain - RENATA Red Nacional Tematica de Astroparticulas FPA2015-68783-REDT<br />Spain - Maria de Maeztu Unit of Excellence MDM-2016-0692<br />United States Department of Energy (DOE) DE-AC02-07CH11359<br />National Science Foundation (NSF) 0450696<br />U.S.A. - Grainger Foundation U.S.A. - Marie Curie-IRSES/EPLANET U.S.A. - European Particle Physics Latin American Network U.S.A. - UNESCO<br />Italy - Ministero degli Affari Esteri (MAE)<br />The Netherlands - Dutch national e-infrastructure
- Subjects :
- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
Astronomy
Performance of High Energy Physics Detector
01 natural sciences
7. Clean energy
Etc)
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
0302 clinical medicine
Front-end electronics for detector readout
APDs
Instrumentation
physics.ins-det
Photon detectors for UV
Mathematical Physics
Instrumentation et méthodes en physique
EBCCDs
Visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si-PMTs, G-APDs, CCDs, EBCCDs, EMCCDs, CMOS imagers, etc)
electronics
Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale
Calibration and fitting methods
Performance of High Energy Physics Detectors
Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes, APDs, Si-PMTs, G-APDs, CCDs, EBCCDs, EMCCDs, CMOS imagers, etc)
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Si-PMTs
Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
charged particle
CCDs
Cluster finding
CMOS imagers
EMCCDs
Pattern recognition
G-APDs
Visible and IR photons (solid-state) (PIN diodes
Auger
observatory
density [muon]
Pattern recognition, cluster finding, calibration and fitting method
Christian ministry
upgrade
ddc:620
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
performance
atmosphere [showers]
Land access
Cherenkov counter: water
air
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
UHE [cosmic radiation]
FOS: Physical sciences
03 medical and health sciences
Political science
0103 physical sciences
muon: density
photomultiplier: silicon
High Energy Physics
cosmic radiation: UHE
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]
ddc:610
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Engineering & allied operations
scintillation counter
showers: atmosphere
010308 nuclear & particles physics
water [Cherenkov counter]
Autres mathématiques
Research council
efficiency
Experimental High Energy Physics
silicon [photomultiplier]
High Energy Physics::Experiment
Humanities
RAIOS CÓSMICOS
astro-ph.IM
Subjects
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17480221
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Instrumentation, 16 (1, Journal of Instrumentation, 16(01):P01026. IOP Publishing Ltd., Digibug: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Journal of Instrumentation 16(January 2021), P01026 (2021). doi:10.1088/1748-0221/16/01/P01026, Journal of Instrumentation, Journal of Instrumentation, IOP Publishing, 2021, 16 (01), pp.P01026. ⟨10.1088/1748-0221/16/01/P01026⟩, Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada, instname, i, 38 Seiten : Tabellen, Diagramme (2020). doi:10.18154/RWTH-2021-06697, Journal of Instrumentation, 16 (01), Art.-Nr.: P01026, Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), instacron:USP, Journal of Instrumentation, 16, 1-40, Journal of Instrumentation, 16(1):P01026. IOP PUBLISHING LTD, Journal of Instrumentation, 16, 01, pp. 1-40
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8dcc1567dbbe6f3d329bd2eafca44317
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/01/P01026