KATANA – A charge-sensitive triggering system for the SπRIT experiment

Lasko, P.; Adamczyk, M.; Brzychczyk, J.; Hirnyk, P.; Łukasik, J.; Pawłowski, P.; Pelczar, K.; Snoch, A.; Sochocka, A.; Sosin, Z.; Barney, J.; Cerizza, G.; Estee, J.; Isobe, T.; Jhang, G.; Kaneko, M.; Kurata-Nishimura, M.; Lynch, W. G.; Murakami, T.; Santamaria, C.; Tsang, M. B.; Zhang, Y.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.03.006

Title: KATANA – A charge-sensitive triggering system for the SπRIT experiment

Abstract

KATANA - the Krakow Array for Triggering with Amplitude discrimiNAtion - has been built and used as a trigger and veto detector for the SπRIT TPC at RIKEN. Its construction allows operating in magnetic field and providing fast response for ionizing particles, giving an approximate forward multiplicity and charge information. Depending on this information, trigger and veto signals are generated. The article presents performance of the detector and details of its construction. A simple phenomenological parametrization of the number of emitted scintillation photons in plastic scintillator is proposed. The effect of the light output deterioration in the plastic scintillator due to the in-beam irradiation is discussed.

Authors:

Lasko, P. ^[1]; Adamczyk, M. ^[2]; Brzychczyk, J. ^[2]; Hirnyk, P. ^[3]; Łukasik, J. ^[3]; Pawłowski, P. ^[3]; Pelczar, K. ^[2]; Snoch, A. ^[4]; Sochocka, A. ^[2]; Sosin, Z. ^[2]; Barney, J. ^[5]; Cerizza, G. ^[6]; Estee, J. ^[5]; Isobe, T. ^[7]; Jhang, G. ^[8]; Kaneko, M. ^[9]; Kurata-Nishimura, M. ^[7]; Lynch, W. G. ^[5]; Murakami, T. ^[7]; Santamaria, C. ^[6] more »

Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków (Poland). Inst. of Nuclear Physics; Jagiellonian Univ., Kraków (Poland). Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science
Jagiellonian Univ., Kraków (Poland). Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science
Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków (Poland). Inst. of Nuclear Physics
Univ. of Wroclaw (Poland)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy. National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.
RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako (Japan)
Korea Univ., Seoul (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Physics
Kyoto Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Physics
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)

Publication Date:: Mon Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 2017

Research Org.:: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

OSTI Identifier:: 1534173

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1398539; OSTI ID: 1957958

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0002923; SC0004835; SC0014530; PHY-1565546; 24105004

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: 856; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; charged particle detection; TPC triggering; plastic scintillator; silicon photomultiplier; in-beam radiation damage; number of scintillation photons

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                    Lasko, P., Adamczyk, M., Brzychczyk, J., Hirnyk, P., Łukasik, J., Pawłowski, P., Pelczar, K., Snoch, A., Sochocka, A., Sosin, Z., Barney, J., Cerizza, G., Estee, J., Isobe, T., Jhang, G., Kaneko, M., Kurata-Nishimura, M., Lynch, W. G., Murakami, T., Santamaria, C., Tsang, M. B., and Zhang, Y. KATANA – A charge-sensitive triggering system for the SπRIT experiment.  United States: N. p., 2017. 
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                    Lasko, P., Adamczyk, M., Brzychczyk, J., Hirnyk, P., Łukasik, J., Pawłowski, P., Pelczar, K., Snoch, A., Sochocka, A., Sosin, Z., Barney, J., Cerizza, G., Estee, J., Isobe, T., Jhang, G., Kaneko, M., Kurata-Nishimura, M., Lynch, W. G., Murakami, T., Santamaria, C., Tsang, M. B., & Zhang, Y. KATANA – A charge-sensitive triggering system for the SπRIT experiment.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.03.006

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                    Lasko, P., Adamczyk, M., Brzychczyk, J., Hirnyk, P., Łukasik, J., Pawłowski, P., Pelczar, K., Snoch, A., Sochocka, A., Sosin, Z., Barney, J., Cerizza, G., Estee, J., Isobe, T., Jhang, G., Kaneko, M., Kurata-Nishimura, M., Lynch, W. G., Murakami, T., Santamaria, C., Tsang, M. B., and Zhang, Y. Mon .  
"KATANA – A charge-sensitive triggering system for the SπRIT experiment".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.03.006.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1534173.

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  title        = {KATANA – A charge-sensitive triggering system for the SπRIT experiment},

  author       = {Lasko, P. and Adamczyk, M. and Brzychczyk, J. and Hirnyk, P. and Łukasik, J. and Pawłowski, P. and Pelczar, K. and Snoch, A. and Sochocka, A. and Sosin, Z. and Barney, J. and Cerizza, G. and Estee, J. and Isobe, T. and Jhang, G. and Kaneko, M. and Kurata-Nishimura, M. and Lynch, W. G. and Murakami, T. and Santamaria, C. and Tsang, M. B. and Zhang, Y.},

  abstractNote = {KATANA - the Krakow Array for Triggering with Amplitude discrimiNAtion - has been built and used as a trigger and veto detector for the SπRIT TPC at RIKEN. Its construction allows operating in magnetic field and providing fast response for ionizing particles, giving an approximate forward multiplicity and charge information. Depending on this information, trigger and veto signals are generated. The article presents performance of the detector and details of its construction. A simple phenomenological parametrization of the number of emitted scintillation photons in plastic scintillator is proposed. The effect of the light output deterioration in the plastic scintillator due to the in-beam irradiation is discussed.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2017.03.006},

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

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  volume       = 856,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 2017},

  month        = {Mon Mar 06 00:00:00 EST 2017}

}

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