A faster and more reliable data acquisition system for the full performance of the SciCRT

Sasai, Y.; Matsubara, Y.; Itow, Y.; Sako, T.; Kawabata, T.; Lopez, D.; Hikimochi, R.; Tsuchiya, A.; Ikeno, M.; Uchida, T.; Tanaka, M.; Munakata, K.; Kato, C.; Nakamura, Y.; Oshima, T.; Koike, T.; Kozai, M.; Shibata, S.; Oshima, A.; Takamaru, H.; Kojima, H.; Tsuchiya, H.; Watanabe, K.; Koi, T.; Valdés-Galicia, J. F.; Ortiz, E.; Musalem, O.; Hurtado, A.; Garcia, R.; Anzorena, M.; Taylor, R.; Barrantes, M.; González, L. X.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.060

Title: A faster and more reliable data acquisition system for the full performance of the SciCRT

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The SciBar Cosmic Ray Telescope (SciCRT) is a massive scintillator tracker to observe cosmic rays at a very high-altitude environment in Mexico. The fully active tracker is based on the Scintillator Bar (SciBar) detector developed as a near detector for the KEK-to-Kamioka long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment (K2K) in Japan. Since the data acquisition (DAQ) system was developed for the accelerator experiment, we determined to develop a new robust DAQ system to optimize it to our cosmic-ray experiment needs at the top of Mt. Sierra Negra (4600 m). One of our special requirements is to achieve a 10 times faster readout rate. We started to develop a new fast readout back-end board (BEB) based on 100 Mbps SiTCP, a hardware network processor developed for DAQ systems for high energy physics experiments. Then we developed the new BEB which has a potential of 20 times faster than the current one in the case of observing neutrons. Lastly, we installed the new DAQ system including the new BEBs to a part of the SciCRT in July 2015. The system has been operating since then. In this article, we describe the development, the basic performance of the new BEB, the status after the installationmore »« less

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Sasai, Y. ^[1]; Matsubara, Y. ^[1]; Itow, Y. ^[1]; Sako, T. ^[1]; Kawabata, T. ^[1]; Lopez, D. ^[1]; Hikimochi, R. ^[1]; Tsuchiya, A. ^[1]; Ikeno, M. ^[2]; Uchida, T. ^[2]; Tanaka, M. ^[2]; Munakata, K. ^[3]; Kato, C. ^[3]; Nakamura, Y. ^[3]; Oshima, T. ^[3]; Koike, T. ^[3]; Kozai, M. ^[4]; Shibata, S. ^[5]; Oshima, A. ^[5]; Takamaru, H. ^[5] more »

Nagoya Univ. (Japan). Inst. for Space-Earth Environmental Research
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba (Japan)
Shinshu Univ., Asahi, Matsumoto (Japan). Dept. of Physics
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Kanagawa (Japan). Inst. of Space and Astronautical Science
Chubu Univ., Kasugai (Japan). College of Engineering
Aichi Inst.of Technology, Toyota (Japan)
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai (Japan)
National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Kanagawa (Japan). Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City (Mexico). Inst. de Geofisica
Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City (Mexico). Inst. de Geofisica, Unit Michoacan, Servicio de Clima Espacial Mexico (SCiESMEX)

Publication Date:: Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

OSTI Identifier:: 1367843

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 857; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Solar Neutrons; SiTCP; SciCRT

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                    Sasai, Y., Matsubara, Y., Itow, Y., Sako, T., Kawabata, T., Lopez, D., Hikimochi, R., Tsuchiya, A., Ikeno, M., Uchida, T., Tanaka, M., Munakata, K., Kato, C., Nakamura, Y., Oshima, T., Koike, T., Kozai, M., Shibata, S., Oshima, A., Takamaru, H., Kojima, H., Tsuchiya, H., Watanabe, K., Koi, T., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Ortiz, E., Musalem, O., Hurtado, A., Garcia, R., Anzorena, M., Taylor, R., Barrantes, M., and González, L. X. A faster and more reliable data acquisition system for the full performance of the SciCRT.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Sasai, Y., Matsubara, Y., Itow, Y., Sako, T., Kawabata, T., Lopez, D., Hikimochi, R., Tsuchiya, A., Ikeno, M., Uchida, T., Tanaka, M., Munakata, K., Kato, C., Nakamura, Y., Oshima, T., Koike, T., Kozai, M., Shibata, S., Oshima, A., Takamaru, H., Kojima, H., Tsuchiya, H., Watanabe, K., Koi, T., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Ortiz, E., Musalem, O., Hurtado, A., Garcia, R., Anzorena, M., Taylor, R., Barrantes, M., & González, L. X. A faster and more reliable data acquisition system for the full performance of the SciCRT.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.060

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                    Sasai, Y., Matsubara, Y., Itow, Y., Sako, T., Kawabata, T., Lopez, D., Hikimochi, R., Tsuchiya, A., Ikeno, M., Uchida, T., Tanaka, M., Munakata, K., Kato, C., Nakamura, Y., Oshima, T., Koike, T., Kozai, M., Shibata, S., Oshima, A., Takamaru, H., Kojima, H., Tsuchiya, H., Watanabe, K., Koi, T., Valdés-Galicia, J. F., Ortiz, E., Musalem, O., Hurtado, A., Garcia, R., Anzorena, M., Taylor, R., Barrantes, M., and González, L. X. Tue .  
"A faster and more reliable data acquisition system for the full performance of the SciCRT".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.060.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1367843.

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  title        = {A faster and more reliable data acquisition system for the full performance of the SciCRT},

  author       = {Sasai, Y. and Matsubara, Y. and Itow, Y. and Sako, T. and Kawabata, T. and Lopez, D. and Hikimochi, R. and Tsuchiya, A. and Ikeno, M. and Uchida, T. and Tanaka, M. and Munakata, K. and Kato, C. and Nakamura, Y. and Oshima, T. and Koike, T. and Kozai, M. and Shibata, S. and Oshima, A. and Takamaru, H. and Kojima, H. and Tsuchiya, H. and Watanabe, K. and Koi, T. and Valdés-Galicia, J. F. and Ortiz, E. and Musalem, O. and Hurtado, A. and Garcia, R. and Anzorena, M. and Taylor, R. and Barrantes, M. and González, L. X.},

  abstractNote = {The SciBar Cosmic Ray Telescope (SciCRT) is a massive scintillator tracker to observe cosmic rays at a very high-altitude environment in Mexico. The fully active tracker is based on the Scintillator Bar (SciBar) detector developed as a near detector for the KEK-to-Kamioka long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment (K2K) in Japan. Since the data acquisition (DAQ) system was developed for the accelerator experiment, we determined to develop a new robust DAQ system to optimize it to our cosmic-ray experiment needs at the top of Mt. Sierra Negra (4600 m). One of our special requirements is to achieve a 10 times faster readout rate. We started to develop a new fast readout back-end board (BEB) based on 100 Mbps SiTCP, a hardware network processor developed for DAQ systems for high energy physics experiments. Then we developed the new BEB which has a potential of 20 times faster than the current one in the case of observing neutrons. Lastly, we installed the new DAQ system including the new BEBs to a part of the SciCRT in July 2015. The system has been operating since then. In this article, we describe the development, the basic performance of the new BEB, the status after the installation in the SciCRT, and the future performance.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2016.12.060},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 857,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2017},

  month        = {Tue Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 2017}

}

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