Digital data acquisition system for the neutron tracking array
ORAL
Abstract
The neutron tracking array (NEXT) [1,2,3] was recently commissioned in complete
configuration during an experiment at the ISOLDE Decay Station. A key
component of the array is its digital data acquisition system based on
32-channel 14-bit 250 MSPS digitizers developed by XIA LLC. The custom
firmware enabled a low threshold triggering scheme. The NEXT digital
system was synchronized with the Pixie16-based Isolde Decay Station
setup using an external clock, and the individual data streams were
combined in software. The details of the experimental system will be
discussed with a focus on the NEXT neutron detector.
configuration during an experiment at the ISOLDE Decay Station. A key
component of the array is its digital data acquisition system based on
32-channel 14-bit 250 MSPS digitizers developed by XIA LLC. The custom
firmware enabled a low threshold triggering scheme. The NEXT digital
system was synchronized with the Pixie16-based Isolde Decay Station
setup using an external clock, and the individual data streams were
combined in software. The details of the experimental system will be
discussed with a focus on the NEXT neutron detector.
*This research was partly sponsored by the National Science Foundationunder the contract NSF-MRI-1919735, and by the National Nuclear SecurityAdministration under the Stewardship Science Academic Alliances programthrough DOE Cooperative Agreements No. DE-NA0004068 and Office ofScience, Office of Nuclear Physics under Contract No. DE-FG02-96ER40983.
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Publication: [1] J. Heideman el al. et al., Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 946,
162528 (2019).
[2] S. Neupane et al. Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A 1020, 165881
(2021).
[3] S. Neupane et al., Phys.Rev. C 106, 044320 (2022)
Presenters
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Jacob M Gouge
- University of Tennessee