Difference between revisions of "GEM Fall Studies"
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** General Setup: 90Sr source with scintillator below the GEM as the trigger. Threshold on the scintillator is 40mV. The GEM is a "pad" readout with one preamp. The gas for GEM is Ar/CO2 at 75/25 mixture. | ** General Setup: 90Sr source with scintillator below the GEM as the trigger. Threshold on the scintillator is 40mV. The GEM is a "pad" readout with one preamp. The gas for GEM is Ar/CO2 at 75/25 mixture. | ||
| − | ** DAQ is using the flash ADC with GEM in Chan 1 and Scintillator in Chan 2. | + | ** DAQ is using the flash ADC with GEM in Chan 1 and Scintillator in Chan 2. Flash ADC is sampling at 250Mhz so sample every 4nsec. |
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| + | *Plots of flash ADC value versus the sample number for the [https://hallaweb.jlab.org/wiki/images/6/68/Fadc-cfd-fit.png full time range] and [https://hallaweb.jlab.org/wiki/images/c/c0/Fadc-cfd-fit-room.png smaller time range]. The blue line is a fit with a Landau function. The red line is a "constant fraction discriminator" line which is basically trying to simulate a CFD by adding the inverse of the blue curve with a time offset and different scale. Needs to be optimized. | ||
| + | *[https://hallaweb.jlab.org/wiki/images/b/b8/Timeresolution-hv3.56k-lvps3v.pdf Time resolution plot]. The | ||
| + | *[https://hallaweb.jlab.org/wiki/images/6/62/HV%26Efficienc.pdf Efficiency plot ] for a cut of 50 ADC channels. Expect aaximum efficiency of 81.4% from trigger. | ||
Revision as of 11:31, 28 October 2011
Studies for GEM "pad" readout
- Initial studies (Oct 28, 2011)
- General Setup: 90Sr source with scintillator below the GEM as the trigger. Threshold on the scintillator is 40mV. The GEM is a "pad" readout with one preamp. The gas for GEM is Ar/CO2 at 75/25 mixture.
- DAQ is using the flash ADC with GEM in Chan 1 and Scintillator in Chan 2. Flash ADC is sampling at 250Mhz so sample every 4nsec.
| Run Number | GEM HV | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1025 | 3.4kV | Low voltage on preamp = 3.5V |
| 1026 | 3.52 | Scint signal was missing. Forgot to plug it back in after looking at scope. |
| 1027 | 3.52 | Event rate = 56/sec |
| 1028 | 3.52 | No source. Event rate = 10.4 /sec. So maximum GEM efficiency is 81.4%. |
| 1029 | 3.52 | |
| 1030 | 3.56 | |
| 1031 | 3.47 | |
| 1032 | 3.47 | Low voltage on preamp = 5.0V |
| 1033 | 3.53 |
- Plots of flash ADC value versus the sample number for the full time range and smaller time range. The blue line is a fit with a Landau function. The red line is a "constant fraction discriminator" line which is basically trying to simulate a CFD by adding the inverse of the blue curve with a time offset and different scale. Needs to be optimized.
- Time resolution plot. The
- Efficiency plot for a cut of 50 ADC channels. Expect aaximum efficiency of 81.4% from trigger.
