A precision time of flight readout system for the TORCH prototype detector

R. Gao; S. Bhasin; T. Blake; N. Brook; F. Cicala; T. Conneely; D. Cussans; R. Forty; C. Frei; E. Gabriel; T. Gershon; T. Gys; T. Hadavizadeh; T. Hancock; N. Harnew; M. Kreps; J. Milnes; D. Piedigrossi; J. Rademacker; M. Van Dijk

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/17/05/C05015

A precision time of flight readout system for the TORCH prototype detector

R. Gao
, S. Bhasin
, T. Blake
, N. Brook
, F. Cicala
, T. Conneely
, D. Cussans
, R. Forty
, C. Frei
, E. Gabriel
, T. Gershon
, T. Gys
, T. Hadavizadeh
, T. Hancock
, N. Harnew
, M. Kreps
, J. Milnes
, D. Piedigrossi
, J. Rademacker
, M. Van Dijk

Faculty of Science

University of Oxford
University of Bristol
University of Warwick
Wessex House
Photek Ltd.
CERN
Edinburgh Napier University

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Abstract

The TORCH detector provides low-momentum particle identification, combining Time of Flight (TOF) and Cherenkov techniques to achieve charged particle pi/K/p separation between 2-20 GeV/c over a flight distance of 10 m. The measurement requires a timing resolution of 70 ps for single Cherenkov photons. For precision photon detection, customised Micro-Channel Plate Photomultiplier Tubes (MCP-PMTs) with high precision TOF measurement electronics have been developed. The electronics measures time-over-threshold from the MCP-PMT and features a 10-Gigabit Ethernet readout. This paper reports the design and performance of a 5120-channel system which currently instruments a pair of MCP-PMTs, but has the capacity to read out ten customised MCP-PMT devices in the future.

Original language	English
Article number	C05015
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	17
Issue number	5
Early online date	12 May 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/05/C05015
Publication status	Published - 31 May 2022

Keywords

Cherenkov detectors
Electronic detector readout concepts (solid-state)
Front-end electronics for detector readout
Timing detectors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mathematical Physics
Instrumentation

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Gao, R., Bhasin, S., Blake, T., Brook, N., Cicala, F., Conneely, T., Cussans, D., Forty, R., Frei, C., Gabriel, E., Gershon, T., Gys, T., Hadavizadeh, T., Hancock, T., Harnew, N., Kreps, M., Milnes, J., Piedigrossi, D., Rademacker, J., & Van Dijk, M. (2022). A precision time of flight readout system for the TORCH prototype detector. Journal of Instrumentation, 17(5), Article C05015. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/05/C05015

Gao, R, Bhasin, S, Blake, T, Brook, N, Cicala, F, Conneely, T, Cussans, D, Forty, R, Frei, C, Gabriel, E, Gershon, T, Gys, T, Hadavizadeh, T, Hancock, T, Harnew, N, Kreps, M, Milnes, J, Piedigrossi, D, Rademacker, J & Van Dijk, M 2022, 'A precision time of flight readout system for the TORCH prototype detector', Journal of Instrumentation, vol. 17, no. 5, C05015. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/17/05/C05015

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