Extending the dynamic range of electronics in a Time Projection Chamber

Estee, J.; Lynch, W. G.; Barney, J.; Cerizza, G.; Jhang, G.; Lee, J. W.; Wang, R.; Isobe, T.; Kaneko, M.; Kurata-Nishimura, M.; Murakami, T.; Shane, R.; Tangwancharoen, S.; Tsang, C. Y.; Tsang, M. B.; Hong, B.; Lasko, P.; Łukasik, J.; McIntosh, A. B.; Pawłowski, P.; Pelczar, K.; Sakurai, H.; Santamaria, C.; Suzuki, D.; Yennello, S. J.; Zhang, Y.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2019.162509

Title: Extending the dynamic range of electronics in a Time Projection Chamber

Abstract

When Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) are used in low to intermediate heavy ion collisions, the mass and momentum range of the emitted particles cover a wide range in energy losses. Many TPC readout electronics currently only have a single gain output with a fixed dynamic range. In a recent set of experiments using the SAMURAI Pion-Reconstruction and Ion-Tracker (StrRIT) TPC, it was important to simultaneously measure relativistic pions and heavy ion tracks from the same collisions. As the ionization from a track's energy loss is collected and multiplied by the anode wires, a distribution of image charges is induced on the TPC read-out pads. If the avalanche on a wire is large enough, the charge collected by pads directly underneath will saturate the readout electronics; pads farther away in the distribution will not be saturated. Using these unsaturated pads and the known pad distribution function, we can estimate the charge on saturated pads, increasing the dynamic range by a factor of 5.

Authors:

Estee, J. ^[1]; Lynch, W. G. ^[1]; Barney, J. ^[1]; Cerizza, G. ^[2]; Jhang, G. ^[2]; Lee, J. W. ^[3]; Wang, R. ^[2]; Isobe, T. ^[4]; Kaneko, M. ^[5]; Kurata-Nishimura, M. ^[4]; Murakami, T. ^[5]; Shane, R. ^[2]; Tangwancharoen, S. ^[1]; Tsang, C. Y. ^[2]; Tsang, M. B. ^[2]; Hong, B. ^[3]; Lasko, P. ^[6]; Łukasik, J. ^[6]; McIntosh, A. B. ^[7]; Pawłowski, P. ^[6] more »

Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab.
Korea Univ., Seoul (Korea). Dept. of Physics
Inst. of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako (Japan). Nishina Center
Kyoto Univ., Kita-shirakawa, Kyoto (Japan). Dept. of Physics
Inst. of Nuclear Physics PAN, Kraków (Poland)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Cyclotron Inst.
Gran Sasso National Lab. - INFN, L’Aquila AQ (Italy)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Cyclotron Inst.; Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Chemistry Dept.
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China). Dept. of Physics

Publication Date:: Fri Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2019

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); Polish National Science Center (NCN)

Contributing Org.:: SπRIT Collaboration

OSTI Identifier:: 1577273

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1566178; OSTI ID: 1957954

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0002923; FGC2-93ER40773; SC0014530; PHY-1565546; 24105004; 2016K1A3A7A09005578; 2018R1A5A1025563; UMO-2013/09/B/ST2/04064; UMO-2013/-10/M/ST2/0062

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: 944; 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; TPC; Heavy ion collisions; Dynamic range

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                    Estee, J., Lynch, W. G., Barney, J., Cerizza, G., Jhang, G., Lee, J. W., Wang, R., Isobe, T., Kaneko, M., Kurata-Nishimura, M., Murakami, T., Shane, R., Tangwancharoen, S., Tsang, C. Y., Tsang, M. B., Hong, B., Lasko, P., Łukasik, J., McIntosh, A. B., Pawłowski, P., Pelczar, K., Sakurai, H., Santamaria, C., Suzuki, D., Yennello, S. J., and Zhang, Y. Extending the dynamic range of electronics in a Time Projection Chamber.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Estee, J., Lynch, W. G., Barney, J., Cerizza, G., Jhang, G., Lee, J. W., Wang, R., Isobe, T., Kaneko, M., Kurata-Nishimura, M., Murakami, T., Shane, R., Tangwancharoen, S., Tsang, C. Y., Tsang, M. B., Hong, B., Lasko, P., Łukasik, J., McIntosh, A. B., Pawłowski, P., Pelczar, K., Sakurai, H., Santamaria, C., Suzuki, D., Yennello, S. J., & Zhang, Y. Extending the dynamic range of electronics in a Time Projection Chamber.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.162509

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                    Estee, J., Lynch, W. G., Barney, J., Cerizza, G., Jhang, G., Lee, J. W., Wang, R., Isobe, T., Kaneko, M., Kurata-Nishimura, M., Murakami, T., Shane, R., Tangwancharoen, S., Tsang, C. Y., Tsang, M. B., Hong, B., Lasko, P., Łukasik, J., McIntosh, A. B., Pawłowski, P., Pelczar, K., Sakurai, H., Santamaria, C., Suzuki, D., Yennello, S. J., and Zhang, Y. Fri .  
"Extending the dynamic range of electronics in a Time Projection Chamber".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.162509.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1577273.

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@article{osti_1577273,

  title        = {Extending the dynamic range of electronics in a Time Projection Chamber},

  author       = {Estee, J. and Lynch, W. G. and Barney, J. and Cerizza, G. and Jhang, G. and Lee, J. W. and Wang, R. and Isobe, T. and Kaneko, M. and Kurata-Nishimura, M. and Murakami, T. and Shane, R. and Tangwancharoen, S. and Tsang, C. Y. and Tsang, M. B. and Hong, B. and Lasko, P. and Łukasik, J. and McIntosh, A. B. and Pawłowski, P. and Pelczar, K. and Sakurai, H. and Santamaria, C. and Suzuki, D. and Yennello, S. J. and Zhang, Y.},

  abstractNote = {When Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) are used in low to intermediate heavy ion collisions, the mass and momentum range of the emitted particles cover a wide range in energy losses. Many TPC readout electronics currently only have a single gain output with a fixed dynamic range. In a recent set of experiments using the SAMURAI Pion-Reconstruction and Ion-Tracker (StrRIT) TPC, it was important to simultaneously measure relativistic pions and heavy ion tracks from the same collisions. As the ionization from a track's energy loss is collected and multiplied by the anode wires, a distribution of image charges is induced on the TPC read-out pads. If the avalanche on a wire is large enough, the charge collected by pads directly underneath will saturate the readout electronics; pads farther away in the distribution will not be saturated. Using these unsaturated pads and the known pad distribution function, we can estimate the charge on saturated pads, increasing the dynamic range by a factor of 5.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2019.162509},

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

  number       = C,

  volume       = 944,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2019},

  month        = {Fri Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2019}

}

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Figure 1: The expected dE/dx lines of different particles are given in red as calculated by Geant4. The approximate dynamic range of the TPC is shown by the vertical bar for the gain setting used in the experiment. Anything outside of this region would be saturated to some degree.

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Optimum geometry for strip cathodes or grids in MWPC for avalanche localization along the anode wires journal, July 1979

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SπRIT: A time-projection chamber for symmetry-energy studies
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