Development of a high-rate scalable readout system for gaseous detectors. (1st December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Scharenberg, L.; Bortfeldt, J.; Brunbauer, F.; Christensen, M.J.; Desch, K.; Flöthner, K.; Garcia, F.; Janssens, D.; Kaminski, J.; Lisowska, M.; Lupberger, M.; Muller, H.; Oliveri, E.; Orlandini, G.; Pfeiffer, D.; Ropelewski, L.; Rusu, A.; Samarati, J.; Schwäbig, P.; van Stenis, M.; Veenhof, R.
• Is Part Of: Journal of instrumentation. Volume 17:Number 12(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-12-01
• Subjects: Electronic detector readout concepts (gas, liquid) -- Micropattern gaseous detectors (MSGC, GEM, THGEM, RETHGEM, MHSP, MICROPIC, MICROMEGAS, InGrid, etc) -- Modular electronics -- Data acquisition concepts; Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Periodicals; 502.84
• DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/17/12/C12014
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1748-0221

Abstract

Abstract: The RD51 collaboration developed the Scalable Readout System (SRS) as part of its R&D activities on Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors. This common multi-purpose readout system allows to read out small R&D detectors (0.2k channels) up to mid-sized experiments with multiple detectors (2.5k to 5k channels). To cope with increased demands on detectors, electronics and readout speed, a new front-end ASIC—the VMM3a—was integrated into the SRS. This led to the development of a scalable, self-triggered high-rate readout system that provides energy, space and time information of the interacting particles at the same time.