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Title: Graphical Environment Tools for Application to Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Arrays

Abstract

Highly segmented, position-sensitive germanium detector systems are being developed for nuclear physics research where traditional electronic signal processing with mixed analog and digital function blocks would be enormously complex and costly. Future systems will be constructed using pipelined processing of high-speed digitized signals as is done in the telecommunications industry. Techniques which provide rapid algorithm and system development for future systems are desirable. This project has used digital signal processing concepts and existing graphical system design tools to develop a set of re-usable modular functions and libraries targeted for the nuclear physics community. Researchers working with complex nuclear detector arrays such as the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA) have been able to construct advanced data processing algorithms for implementation in field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) through application of these library functions using intuitive graphical interfaces.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. RIS Corp.
  2. ORNL Physics Div.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
RIS Corp., Knoxville, TN
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Contributing Org.:
RIS Corp., Knoxville, TN; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Physics Division, Oak Ridge, TN
OSTI Identifier:
1111777
Report Number(s):
DOE-RIS-86146-1 FINAL REPORT
CRADA 0665
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-02ER86146
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; digital signal processing, GRETA, GRETINA, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), gamma-ray spectroscopy, Simulink

Citation Formats

Todd, Richard A., and Radford, David C. Graphical Environment Tools for Application to Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Arrays. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.2172/1111777.
Todd, Richard A., & Radford, David C. Graphical Environment Tools for Application to Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Arrays. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1111777
Todd, Richard A., and Radford, David C. 2013. "Graphical Environment Tools for Application to Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Arrays". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1111777. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1111777.
@article{osti_1111777,
title = {Graphical Environment Tools for Application to Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Arrays},
author = {Todd, Richard A. and Radford, David C.},
abstractNote = {Highly segmented, position-sensitive germanium detector systems are being developed for nuclear physics research where traditional electronic signal processing with mixed analog and digital function blocks would be enormously complex and costly. Future systems will be constructed using pipelined processing of high-speed digitized signals as is done in the telecommunications industry. Techniques which provide rapid algorithm and system development for future systems are desirable. This project has used digital signal processing concepts and existing graphical system design tools to develop a set of re-usable modular functions and libraries targeted for the nuclear physics community. Researchers working with complex nuclear detector arrays such as the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA) have been able to construct advanced data processing algorithms for implementation in field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) through application of these library functions using intuitive graphical interfaces.},
doi = {10.2172/1111777},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1111777}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Mon Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2013}
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