GEM Cosmic V792 Measurements

DAQ setup

Two Identical A and B Pulse Generator Output Signals

Amplified Pulse Generator output signals A_494-09 && B_494-06

A Stanford Pulse Generator, Model DG535, was used to create signals similar to the GEM output pulse. Two identical signals (A && B) were injected into the Timing Filter Amplifiers to set the amplifier gain of each channel to the same value. Pulse A was injected to the Timing Filter Amplifier, Model 474-09 and Signal B was going into the Model 474-09. Integration time was set to 20 ns on each Timing Filter Amplifier. Coarse gain and Fine gain were set so that the Amplification for each channel was the same.

After matching the amplifier gain, the output pulse A from the Timing Filter Amplifier, Model 474-09, was tee'd. One output was amplified again, using Timing Filter Amplifier and the second output was delayed and putted into the ADC with delayed and amplified B pulse.

First two histograms below show the ADC results for two amplified pulses, and the last histogram shows the ratio of ADC1/ADC5. As one can notice, the charge ratio is close to one, mean value is ~ 1.

Pulse Genereator Output Noise Levell

Amplified Pulse Generator Noise Level

Amplified and Delayed Pulse Generator Output

• Run Number 650.dat
  

12-10-08

The signal below represents a measurement of the Trig out signal from a 10 cm x 10 cm ionization chamber with 3 GEM preamplifiers. The chamber gas a 90/10 % mixture of Arcon and CO2. The Drift HV was set to 3200 Volts and the GEM preamplifier HV distribution network was set to 2900 Volts. The V792 CAEN ADC channels have a gain of 100 fC/channel. The main signal peak appears at channel number 759 and represents an accumulation of [math]75.9 \pm 4[/math] pC of charge.

Electronics Settings:

TrigOut goes to Timing Filter Amplifier(Coarse Gain=X6, Fine GAin=7.5ns && Integrate=20ns) and after amplification to ADC
StripOut is used as a trigger and gate. The signal from the strip is amplified by the Timing Filter Amplifier (Coarse Gain=X20, Fine Gain=12.5ns && Integrate=500ns)
The Threshold on DIFF. CFD is set to 0.70 (ULD=9.9~10 && LLD=0.5)

12-11-08

HV Settings: [math]V_{Drift}=3200[/math] Volts and [math]V_{GEM}=2900[/math] Volts.
Gas type 90/10 ArCO2.

12-13-08

Below Channel 1 represents StripOut and Channel 2 trigOut.

• Run Number r651
  

Start Time: Dec 13 19:43:14 and End Time: Dec 14 00:21:47

Electronics Settings:

TrigOut.) Timing Filter Amplifier Model 474-06(Coarse Gain=X10, Fine Gain=5 && Integrate=20ns)

StripOut.) Timing Filter Amplifier Model 474-09(Coarse Gain=X10, Fine Gain=5 && Integrate=20ns)

Pulse for DIFF. CFD Timing Filter Amplifier Model 474-02(Coarse Gain=X4, Fine Gain=2 && Integrate=20ns)
DIFF. CFD(Threshold= 3, LLD=2.80 && ULD=9.55)

The Amplification on Strip pulse and TrigOut is the same. Signal is amplified and delayed after amplification.

Charge leaving last GEM foil divided by the charge that was collected by the Strips.

Charge leaving last GEM Foil divided by the Charge that was collected by the Strips

• Run Number r653

Electronics Settings are the same, only integration time is set to 50ns for both signals(Strip and TrigOut)

Start Time: Dec 14 00:39:31 and End Time: Dec 14 16:07:21

11-07-08

The pulse coming from the strips is delayed and amplified using the Timing Filter Amplifier Model_474(X6). The amplified pulse is connected to the V792 QDC.
Run 550

Start Time: Nov 6 19:58:03; End Time: Nov 7 09:45:57

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