BES III Time-of-Flight Readout System

	BES III Time-of-Flight Readout System
	Liu, SB; Feng, CQ; An, Q; Heng, YK; Sun, SS; Heng YK(衡月昆); Sun SS(孙胜森)
刊名	IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE
	2010
卷号	57 期号:2 页码:419-427
关键词	Charge measurement particle identification time measurement time-of-flight
通讯作者	[Liu, Shubin ; Feng, Changqing ; An, Qi] Univ Sci & Technol China, Dept Modern Phys, Hefei 230026, Peoples R China ; [Liu, Shubin ; Feng, Changqing ; An, Qi] Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Technol Particle Detect & Elect, Hefei 230026, Peoples R China ; [Heng, Yuekun ; Sun, Shengsen] Chinese Acad Sci, Expt Phys Ctr, Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China ; [Heng, Yuekun ; Sun, Shengsen] Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Technol Particle Detect & Elect, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
英文摘要	A time-of-flight (TOF) readout system has been developed for a Beijing Spectrometer (BES III). This paper will present an overview of the entire TOF readout system design and its performance in the operation. In a BES III TOF detector, a total of 448 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) have been installed in barrel and end-cap sections. The corresponding 448 channels' readout electronics aimed precisely to measure the arrival time of PMT signals from the TOF detector is mainly housed in two VME64xP crates, each crate containing 14 FEE modules, 14 FEE rear modules, one Fast Control module (FastCtrl), one Clock module, and one Power-PC interface module. Due to the structure of the spectrometer, the two VME crates with 448 channels of readout electronics are placed in two locations; each is 18 m away from the TOF detector. In order to increase the capability of noise immunization and achieve better signal-to-noise ratio, each channel has a preamplifier equipped to PMT base. The preamplifier drives the differential signals over 18 m of shielded twisted-pair cables to the VME crates. The readout system achieved a timing resolution of 25 ps after time-walk and INL corrections. The amplitude-dependent time-walk correction is accomplished by measuring corresponding pulse height. Achieved pulse-height resolution is better than 10 mV in a dynamic range 180-5000 mV. The whole TOF readout system was installed in the spectrometer and has been in operation steadily since then, with the performance well meeting the requirements of the physics experiments.
学科主题	Engineering; Nuclear Science & Technology
类目[WOS]	Engineering, Electrical & Electronic ; Nuclear Science & Technology
研究领域[WOS]	Engineering ; Nuclear Science & Technology
原文出处	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000276678900005
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ihep.ac.cn/handle/311005/237399]
专题	高能物理研究所_实验物理中心
作者单位	中国科学院高能物理研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, SB,Feng, CQ,An, Q,et al. BES III Time-of-Flight Readout System[J]. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE,2010,57(2):419-427.
APA	Liu, SB.,Feng, CQ.,An, Q.,Heng, YK.,Sun, SS.,...&孙胜森.(2010).BES III Time-of-Flight Readout System.IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE,57(2),419-427.
MLA	Liu, SB,et al."BES III Time-of-Flight Readout System".IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE 57.2(2010):419-427.