Difference between revisions of "GEM Fall Studies"

From Hall A Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 29: Line 29:
  
 
*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.
 
*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/b/b8/Timeresolution-hv3.56k-lvps3v.pdf Time resolution plot] with scal of sample ( 4ns/sample). The time is determined by the zero crossing of the "CFD".
*[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.
+
*[https://hallaweb.jlab.org/wiki/images/6/62/HV%26Efficienc.pdf Efficiency plot ] for a cut of 50 ADC channels. Expect a maximum efficiency of 81.4% from trigger. The 2d plots are the "CFD" zero crossing versus the height of the ADC.

Revision as of 11:35, 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 with scal of sample ( 4ns/sample). The time is determined by the zero crossing of the "CFD".
  • Efficiency plot for a cut of 50 ADC channels. Expect a maximum efficiency of 81.4% from trigger. The 2d plots are the "CFD" zero crossing versus the height of the ADC.