Muon Lifetime Measurement and Introduction to the use of FPGAs in Experimental Physics

Villasenor, L

doi:10.1063/1.2965049

Title: Muon Lifetime Measurement and Introduction to the use of FPGAs in Experimental Physics

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During the laboratory sessions at the Workshop, the students used a simple experimental setup to measure the muon lifetime with a 10% statistical error. The muon detector consisted of a sealed container, filled with liquid scintillator, coupled to a 2.5'' photomultiplier (PMT). A personal computer (PC) was used to control a digital oscilloscope which directly measured the time interval between two consecutive PMT pulses in a time window of 20 {mu}s. The students were also introduced to the use of root to analyze the muon data and to measure the muon lifetime. They were also presented with a basic introduction to the application of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in data acquisition (DAQ) systems by means of examples. We started with a brief introduction to the VHDL language and the software package used to program FPGAs and PROMs on a commercial FPGA development board. They learned to program FPGAs for handling data transfers using the RS-232 port of a PC. They were also introduced to the concepts of circular RAMs (Random Access Memory) and FIFO (First-In First-Out) memories in the context of fast and efficient DAQ systems. We emphasized the way in which inexpensive FPGA-based electronics replaces the use of traditionallymore »« less

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Villasenor, L ^[1]

Instituto de Fisica y Matematicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo. Apartado Postal 2-82, C.P. 58040, Morelia, Mich. (Mexico)

Publication Date:: Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2008

OSTI Identifier:: 21149099

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: AIP Conference Proceedings

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 1026; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 11. Mexican workshop on particles and fields, Tuxtla Gutierrez (Mexico), 7-12 Nov 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2965049; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; LIFETIME; LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; LIQUID SCINTILLATORS; MUON DETECTION; MUONS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENT MODULES; P CODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PULSES; RANDOMNESS

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  title        = {Muon Lifetime Measurement and Introduction to the use of FPGAs in Experimental Physics},

  author       = {Villasenor, L},

  abstractNote = {During the laboratory sessions at the Workshop, the students used a simple experimental setup to measure the muon lifetime with a 10% statistical error. The muon detector consisted of a sealed container, filled with liquid scintillator, coupled to a 2.5'' photomultiplier (PMT). A personal computer (PC) was used to control a digital oscilloscope which directly measured the time interval between two consecutive PMT pulses in a time window of 20 {mu}s. The students were also introduced to the use of root to analyze the muon data and to measure the muon lifetime. They were also presented with a basic introduction to the application of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in data acquisition (DAQ) systems by means of examples. We started with a brief introduction to the VHDL language and the software package used to program FPGAs and PROMs on a commercial FPGA development board. They learned to program FPGAs for handling data transfers using the RS-232 port of a PC. They were also introduced to the concepts of circular RAMs (Random Access Memory) and FIFO (First-In First-Out) memories in the context of fast and efficient DAQ systems. We emphasized the way in which inexpensive FPGA-based electronics replaces the use of traditionally used electronics modules, such as NIM, CAMAC, FASTBUS, VME, etc., to construct fast and powerful DAQ systems.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.2965049},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21149099},
  journal      = {AIP Conference Proceedings},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2008},

  month        = {Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2008}

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